This
museum was built in 1936 as the base of “Min-gei” movement. ”Min” means people
and “gei” means art literally, therefore “Mingei” are common and beautiful handy-crafts
which are made by ordinary craftspersons. The first museum head was Yanagi Muneyoshi who got attracted by beautiful ceramics produced by Korean people. The experience
became a trigger to open his eyes to the beauty of ordinary craftspersons’ products.
“Mingei” are common handy-crafts, however all exhibits are arts that only wealthy people can collect, so “Mingei” are not ordinary for me. Anyway I found
many beautiful crafts here, especially the Korean lacquered wood box.
Photography is prohibited,
so the photos of exhibits are from the flier of this museum.
初代館長の柳宗悦(やなぎむねよし)は、朝鮮陶磁器の美しさに魅了され、朝鮮の人々に敬愛の心を寄せる一方、無名の職人が作る民衆の日常品の美に眼を開かされた。彼は、濱田庄司や河井寛次郎らとともに無名の職人達が作った民衆的工芸品を「民藝」と名付け、「民藝」という新しい美の概念の普及と「美の生活化」を目指す民藝運動の本拠として、1936年に本館を建設をリードした。と、ホームページに記載されている。
名もない作家の日用品と思ったが、こういうところに収められるのは、さすがに、金持ちのコレクションとなる一級品だ。朝鮮半島渡来の品が、緻密で美しく、螺鈿の小箱が良かった。この日は、欧州製の椅子の特別展であった。撮影不可で残念。
Entrance of the main building
駒場の高級住宅街の一角、前田藩邸に隣接している
|
Annex which was closed when I visited、別館 |
Korean box is elaborate, gorgeous and
aesthetic.
http://www.mingeikan.or.jp/collection/korea02.html (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum 日本民藝館)
http://www.mingeikan.or.jp/collection/korea02.html (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum 日本民藝館)
朝鮮の螺鈿の小箱。仕事が細かいし、美しい。
I love these chic check textiles of bedding
material and coat.
夜具の生地と黄色の羽織の生地。チェック地で美しい。
This mask is exhibited in the Shintoistic
and Buddhist altar fittings room. This dynamic mask was made around 16th
century and it was offered to a shrine.
仏具と神具の展示室にあった奉納面(室町時代)。迫力がある。
Flier of the thematic exhibition; Foreign chairs loved by Japanese 企画展のチラシ |
Brochure of this museum when I visited 訪問時のパンフレット |
Photography is prohibited inside this
museum, but you can see ceramic jars and Buddhist stone statue outside.
民藝館内は写真撮影不可だが、入口には甕に石仏や石碑もあった。
Visited in September, 2017
Official website : http://www.mingeikan.or.jp/ (Japanese. Automatic translation is attached), accessed in Jun, 2024
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