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Beauty of Everyday Things / Soetsu Yanagi

By:

Soetsu Yanagi

Language: English Publication details: Penguin Classics, 2018. London:Description: 346 pages : illustrationsISBN:

9780241366356

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DDC classification:

745.0952 YAN-B

Contents:

What is folk craft? The beauty of miscellaneous things A painted Karatsu as food for thought What is pattern? Okinawa's Bashofu The beauty of Kasuri The characteristics of Kogin The Japanese perspective The story behind the discovery of Mokujiki Woodblock prints Otsu-e Handicrafts and sesshu Washi Seeing and knowing A letter to my Korean friends The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

Summary: "The common utilitarian objects depicted in this book were considered aesthetically insignificant until the appearance of Soetsu Yanagi. It was Yanagi who discovered the beauty that could only be produced by simple, humble craftsmen repeatedly and unselfconsciously working on the same objects day after day. From this quotidian world emerged a distinctive beauty - wholesome, free, and devoid of self-awareness. To bring these crafts to the notice of the world, Yanagi established the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1936, from whose collection the objects illustrated herein have been chosen for inclusion by the publisher. In the essays, Yanagi expounds his philosophy of folk crafts and highlights particular pieces. Altogether, the book constitutes a penetrating insight into the world of Japanese handicrafts."

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Library, SPAB	745.0952 YAN-B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011240
Books	Library, SPAB	745.0952 YAN-B (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011239

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The essays appearing in this book were selected from Yanagi Soetsu korekushon 2: mono (Chikuma Shobo; chapters 2-7, 10-14) and Mingei yonju-nen (Iwanami Shoten; chapters 1, 8, 9, 15, 16) -- Title page verso
Originally published in Japan as Soetsu Yanagi: selected essays on Japanese folk crafts by the Japanese Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture (JPIC) 2017

What is folk craft?
The beauty of miscellaneous things
A painted Karatsu as food for thought
What is pattern?
Okinawa's Bashofu
The beauty of Kasuri
The characteristics of Kogin
The Japanese perspective
The story behind the discovery of Mokujiki
Woodblock prints
Otsu-e
Handicrafts and sesshu
Washi
Seeing and knowing
A letter to my Korean friends
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum

"The common utilitarian objects depicted in this book were considered aesthetically insignificant until the appearance of Soetsu Yanagi. It was Yanagi who discovered the beauty that could only be produced by simple, humble craftsmen repeatedly and unselfconsciously working on the same objects day after day. From this quotidian world emerged a distinctive beauty - wholesome, free, and devoid of self-awareness. To bring these crafts to the notice of the world, Yanagi established the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1936, from whose collection the objects illustrated herein have been chosen for inclusion by the publisher. In the essays, Yanagi expounds his philosophy of folk crafts and highlights particular pieces. Altogether, the book constitutes a penetrating insight into the world of Japanese handicrafts."

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