Ink and color on paper
Box written by Shoji HAMADA
Showa
Width 44 cm Length 104 cm
Kigi : many trees
Megumu : sprout
Toki : Time
Michite : to fill; to become full (of); to come in
Muneyoshi YANAGI
1889-1961
Advocate of the Mingei (folk art) movement. Also known as the father of folk art. Born in Tokyo. While a student at Tokyo Imperial University, he joined the Shirakaba-ha coterie magazine group. Together with Kenkichi Tomimoto, Shoji Hamada, and Kanjiro Kawai, he focused on folk crafts for daily life, advocating "beauty of use" and founding the Mingei movement. In 1936, he established the Japan Folk Art Museum in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Before the war, he devoted himself to introducing crafts from Hokkaido, Tohoku, Okinawa, Taiwan, and other regions. In 1957, he was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit.
Contact about the Item