The beauty of everyday things
"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 af...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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[London] :
Penguin Books,
2018.
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| Series: | Penguin classics.
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Table of 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.
