The museum was established in 1936 by Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the mingei movement; Hamada Shōji succeeded him as its director.[1][2] Yanagi and Hamada officially announced their desire to establish a folk crafts museum in 1926.[3] Construction began on the museum in 1935 and was completed in 1936.[3]
The museum covers 1,818 square meters and was constructed with a traditional Japanese architectural style. A 'long' stone-roofed gate-cum-residence (nagaya-mon) was brought from the Tochigi Prefecture and reconstructed in front of the building.[3]
japanese, folk, crafts, museum, japan, folk, crafts, museum, 日本民藝館, nihon, mingeikan, museum, komaba, meguro, tokyo, japan, dedicated, hand, crafted, ordinary, people, mingei, access, from, komaba, tōdaimae, station, keio, inokashira, line, japan, folk, crafts. The Japan Folk Crafts Museum 日本民藝館 Nihon Mingeikan is a museum in Komaba Meguro Tokyo Japan dedicated to the hand crafted art of ordinary people mingei Access is from Komaba Tōdaimae Station of Keio Inokashira Line Japan Folk Crafts Museum in Tokyo The museum was established in 1936 by Yanagi Sōetsu the founder of the mingei movement Hamada Shōji succeeded him as its director 1 2 Yanagi and Hamada officially announced their desire to establish a folk crafts museum in 1926 3 Construction began on the museum in 1935 and was completed in 1936 3 The museum covers 1 818 square meters and was constructed with a traditional Japanese architectural style A long stone roofed gate cum residence nagaya mon was brought from the Tochigi Prefecture and reconstructed in front of the building 3 See also EditTomimoto Kenkichi Memorial Museum Folk Cultural Properties Japanese handicraftsReferences Edit Haruhara Yoko April 16 2010 Finding beauty in the simplest of things The Japan Times The Japan Times Ltd Retrieved 4 December 2011 About the Mingeikan Japan Folk Crafts Museum Archived from the original on 10 May 2012 Retrieved 12 May 2012 a b c Soetsu Yanagi 2019 The Beauty of Everyday Things Penguin Classics pp 327f ISBN 9780241366356 Coordinates 35 39 39 N 139 40 45 E 35 66083 N 139 67917 E 35 66083 139 67917External links EditOfficial site This article related to a museum in Japan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Japanese Folk Crafts Museum amp oldid 1075708850, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
