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The Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan) in Tokyo is dedicated to promoting the Mingei folk crafts movement and showing items from all over Japan.

An exhibit at the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan), Tokyo, Japan, September 9, 2012. The museum was founded in 1936 by Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961). It is dedicated to promoting the Mingei folk crafts movement and showing items from all over Japan. A contemporary and friend of Bernard Leach, Yanagi believed in the high aesthetic value of everyday items made by anonymous craftsmen working in set traditions.

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Contained in galleries: Mingeikan, Sept 2012

An exhibit at the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan), Tokyo, Japan, September 9, 2012. The museum was founded in 1936 by Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961). It is dedicated to promoting the Mingei folk crafts movement and showing items from all over Japan. A contemporary and friend of Bernard Leach, Yanagi believed in the high aesthetic value of everyday items made by anonymous craftsmen working in set traditions.