The unknown craftsman : a Japanese insight into beauty

The unknown craftsman A Japanese insight into beauty

Muneyoshi Yanagi, 1889-1961

Book - 1989

Sōetsu Yanagi is often mentioned in books on Japanese art, but this is the first translation in any Western language of a selection of his major writings. Bernard Leach, a renowned British potter, was a friend of Mr. Yanagi's for fifty years.

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Subjects
Decoration and ornament > Japan.
Design > Japan.
Decoration and ornament.
Design.
Japan.
Published
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International 1989.
Language
English
Main Author
Muneyoshi Yanagi, 1889-1961 (-)
Other Authors
Shōji Hamada, 1965- (writer of foreword)
Edition
Rev. ed
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
230 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
ISBN
9784770014481
9780870119484
  • Yanagi and Leach / Shōji Hamada
  • Plates
  • Introduction / Bernard Leach
  • Towards a standard of beauty
  • Seeing and knowing
  • Pattern
  • The beauty of irregularity
  • The Buddhist idea of beauty
  • Crafts of Okinawa
  • Hakeme
  • The way of tea
  • The Kizaemon tea-bowl
  • The way of craftsmanship
  • The responsibility of the craftsman.

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