Japanese Folk Crafts Museum

Description

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).

The museum was established in 1936 by Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the mingei movement; Hamada Shōji succeeded him as its director. Yanagi and Hamada decided upon its foundation after their 1929 visit to the Nordiska Museet in Stockholm.

The museum is housed in a replica of a farmhouse building common to parts of Tochigi Prefecture.


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Folk_Crafts_Museum

 

Address


Tokyo
Japan

Lat: 35.660827637 - Lng: 139.679214478