Unknown Craftsman : A Japanese Insight into Beauty by Bernard Leach and Soetsu Yanagi (1990, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKodansha America, Incorporated

ISBN-100870119486

ISBN-139780870119484

eBay Product ID (ePID)614245

Product Key Features

Book TitleUnknown Craftsman : a Japanese Insight Into Beauty

Number of Pages232 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAsian / General, General

Publication Year1990

FeaturesNew Edition

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Crafts & Hobbies

AuthorBernard Leach, Soetsu Yanagi

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length7.1 in

Item Width9.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN89-024645

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"Yanagi pinpoints qualities of 'true' beauty with an authority that hardly allows us to differ. As does Solzhenitsyn, he feels that beauty is a real entity and not different from truth." -Craft Horizons"This book is a quiet manifesto for the preservation and enhancement of crafts." -Washington Post, "Yanagi pinpoints qualities of 'true' beauty with an authority that hardly allows us to differ. As does Solzhenitsyn, he feels that beauty is a real entity and not different from truth." -Craft Horizons "This book is a quiet manifesto for the preservation and enhancement of crafts." -Washington Post

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal745.4/4952

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisThe founder of the folkcraft movement in Japan, Soetsu Yanagi, examinesapanese folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art,hilosophy and religion arise, and in which the barriers between themisappear., The founder of the folkcraft movement in Japan, Soetsu Yanagi, examines Japanese folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy and religion arise, and in which the barriers between them disappear. This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late Soetsu Yanagi was the first to fully explore the, This book examines Japanese folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear., This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of a Japanese farmer be thought beautiful? The late Soetsu Yanagi was the first to fully explore the traditional Japanese appreciation for "objects born, not made." Mr. Yanagi sees folk art as a manifestation of the essential world from which art, philosophy, and religion arise and in which the barriers between them disappear. The implications of the author's ideas are both far-reaching and practical. Soetsu 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. The late Bernard Leach, renowned British potter and friend of Mr. Yanagi for fifty years, has clearly transmitted the insights of one of Japan's most important thinkers. The seventy-six plates illustrate objects that underscore the universality of his concepts. The author's profound view of the creative process and his plea for a new artistic freedom within tradition are especially timely now when the importance of craft and the handmade object is being rediscovered.

LC Classification NumberNK1071.A1Y36 1989