mingei movement

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art movement cultural movement folk art movement

The mingei movement was a Japanese folk art and craft movement that celebrated the beauty and value of everyday handmade objects created by anonymous artisans.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
mingei 3
mingei movement canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
folk art movement ⓘ
aimsTo elevate everyday craft to art status ⓘ
preserve traditional crafts ⓘ
associatedWith Japan Folk Crafts Museum ⓘ
Nihon Mingeikan ⓘ
coreConcept beauty of imperfection ⓘ
folk craft ⓘ
handmade production ⓘ
local materials ⓘ
mingei movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: mingei

regional traditions ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
culturalContext Japanese modernism ⓘ
documentedIn writings of Yanagi Sōetsu ⓘ
focusesOn everyday utensils ⓘ
folk pottery ⓘ
lacquerware ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
woodwork ⓘ
foundedBy Yanagi Sōetsu ⓘ
hasEtymology "min" (people) and "gei" (art or craft) ⓘ
hasParticipant Bernard Leach ⓘ
Hamada Shōji ⓘ
Kawai Kanjirō ⓘ
Yanagi Sōetsu ⓘ
hasPhilosophy beauty in everyday objects ⓘ
collective creation over individual authorship ⓘ
functional beauty ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
usefulness ⓘ
value of anonymous craftsmanship ⓘ
inception 1920s ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ
influenced Japanese craft design ⓘ
contemporary craft movements ⓘ
modern studio pottery ⓘ
influencedBy Arts and Crafts movement ⓘ
Buddhism ⓘ
Japanese folk traditions ⓘ
William Morris ⓘ
Chan Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Zen Buddhism
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
opposes excessive individualism in art ⓘ
industrial mass production ⓘ
periodOfActivity Showa era ⓘ
surface form: Shōwa period

Taisho era ⓘ
surface form: Taishō period

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Japan Folk Crafts Museum → dedicatedTo → mingei movement ⓘ
Mingei International Museum → namedAfter → mingei movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: mingei
Yanagi Sōetsu → movement → mingei movement ⓘ
Yanagi Sōetsu → founded → mingei movement ⓘ
mingei movement → coreConcept → mingei movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: mingei
Mingei movement → hasConcept → mingei movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: mingei