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