One of the most important art, design and philosophical movements to come out of Japan is now nearly a hundred years old. It's called Mingei, or folk crafts. It reflects a reaction to modernity and ...

Over the past century, the Mingei movement has endured and undergone waves of revival in popularity. Going by a recent flurry of books and exhibitions in Japan and abroad, its ideas appear to be in ...

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