Bibliograph

The beauty of everyday things, Soetsu Yanagi ; translated by Michael Brase

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The beauty of everyday things, Soetsu Yanagi ; translated by Michael Brase

Language

eng

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illustrationsfacsimiles

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no index present

Literary Form

essays

Main title

The beauty of everyday things

Responsibility statement

Soetsu Yanagi ; translated by Michael Brase

Series statement

Penguin classics

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

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