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Soetsu Yanagi

Born

in Tokyo, Japan

March 29, 1889

Died

May 03, 1961

Website

http://www.mingeikan.or.jp/english/

Genre

Art

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Yanagi Sōetsu (柳宗悦, March 21, 1889 - May 3, 1961), also known as Yanagi Muneyoshi, was a Japanese philosopher and founder of the mingei (folk craft) movement in Japan in the late 1920s and 1930s.

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	The Beauty of Everyday Things by Soetsu Yanagi, Michael Brase (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 2,101 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty by Soetsu Yanagi, Bernard Leach (Adapted by), Shoji Hamada (Foreword) 4.40 avg rating — 360 ratings — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	手仕事の日本 / Teshigoto no Nihon by Soetsu Yanagi, Muneyoshi Yanagi 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Responsibility of the Craftsman: And Mystery of Beauty by Soetsu Yanagi, Archie Bray Foundation (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beauté du Mingei by Soetsu Yanagi, Patrick Honnoré (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	民藝四十年 / Mingei yonjūnen by Soetsu Yanagi, Muneyoshi Yanagi, 柳宗悦 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mingei towa nanika by Soetsu Yanagi, Muneyoshi Yanagi it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	南無阿弥陀仏;一遍上人 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	柳宗悦 by Soetsu Yanagi, 杨珍珍 (Translator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	南無阿弥陀仏 : 付心偈 / Namu Amidabutsu: Tsuketari Kokorouta by Soetsu Yanagi, Muneyoshi Yanagi, 柳宗悦 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Even the common articles made for daily use become endowed with beauty when they are loved.”
― Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things

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“Man is most free when his tools are proportionate to his needs.”
― Soetsu Yanagi, The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty

tags: freedom

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“What is the proper way of seeing? In brief, it is to see things as they are. However, very few people possess this purity of sight. That is, such people are not seeing things as they are, but are influenced by preconceptions. 'Knowing' has been added to 'seeing'.”
― Soetsu Yanagi, The Beauty of Everyday Things

tags: perception, seeing, vision

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