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mingei

mingei noun: a Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.

Noun

mingei (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.
    • He studied industrial ceramics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, inspired by a visit to the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1938, where he encountered mingei philosophy, and its objects, for the first time.2007 December 23, William L. Hamilton, “Tatsuzo Shimaoka, 88, Master of Pottery, Is Dead”, in New York Times

Origin of mingei

Japanese 民衆的な工芸, “hand-crafted art of ordinary people”.

Questions about mingei

What does mingei mean?
Mingei means a Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.
What part of speech is mingei?
Mingei is a noun.

Words near mingei in the dictionary

  1. Mingay
  2. minge
  3. mingebag
  4. mingebags
  5. minged
  6. mingei
  7. mingent
  8. minger
  9. mingers
  10. minges
  11. Mingeses

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