Mingei movement

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The Mingei movement was a Japanese folk art movement that celebrated the beauty and value of everyday handcrafted objects made by anonymous artisans.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
folk art movement ⓘ
aestheticIdeal natural materials ⓘ
unselfconscious beauty ⓘ
associatedWith Japanese pottery ⓘ
lacquerware ⓘ
paper crafts ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
woodwork ⓘ
coreConcept beauty of everyday objects ⓘ
collective authorship ⓘ
functional beauty ⓘ
humility in design ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
usefulness ⓘ
value of anonymous craftsmanship ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
defines mingei as "art of the people" ⓘ
linked to: Mingei movement
documentedIn writings of Yanagi Sōetsu ⓘ
focusesOn anonymous artisans ⓘ
everyday utilitarian objects ⓘ
foundedBy Yanagi Sōetsu ⓘ
hasConcept mingei ⓘ
linked to: mingei movement
hasField craft ⓘ
design ⓘ
folk art ⓘ
hasInstitution Japan Folk Crafts Museum ⓘ
hasKeyPerson Bernard Leach ⓘ
Hamada Shōji ⓘ
Kawai Kanjirō ⓘ
Yanagi Sōetsu ⓘ
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
inception 1930s ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ
influenced contemporary craft movements ⓘ
modern Japanese design ⓘ
studio pottery movement ⓘ
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Buddhist aesthetics ⓘ
Japanese folk craft traditions ⓘ
William Morris ⓘ
Zen philosophy ⓘ
opposes excessive individualism in art ⓘ
industrial mass production aesthetics ⓘ
promotes handcrafted production ⓘ
local materials ⓘ
traditional techniques ⓘ
timePeriod Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to: Showa era

Taishō period ⓘ
linked to: Taisho era

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Japan Folk Crafts Museum → associatedWith → Mingei movement ⓘ
Mingei International Museum → inspiredBy → Japanese mingei movement ⓘ
linked to: Mingei movement
Yanagi Sōetsu → notableIdea → mingei (folk craft) theory ⓘ
linked to: Mingei movement
Yanagi Sōetsu → influenced → Japanese folk craft movement ⓘ
linked to: Mingei movement
Mingei movement → defines → mingei as "art of the people" ⓘ
linked to: Mingei movement
Martha Longenecker → movement → Mingei movement ⓘ
Leach pottery tradition → hasInfluenceFrom → Mingei movement ⓘ
British Studio Ceramics → influencedBy → Mingei folk craft movement ⓘ
linked to: Mingei movement
Bernard Leach → movement → Mingei movement ⓘ
Bernard Leach → influencedBy → Mingei folk craft philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Mingei movement
Kawai Kanjirō → movement → Mingei movement ⓘ
Kawai Kanjirō → coFounded → Mingei movement ⓘ
Shoji Hamada → movement → Mingei movement ⓘ
Shoji Hamada → coFounded → Mingei movement ⓘ