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1996.17.261.1

Five table mats

1996.17.261.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Five table mats
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Person
Field collector John Lowe
PRM source John Lowe
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1996
Date collected
By 1996
Acquisition information
Donated: 02/1996
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length x Width 100 x 100 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1996.17.261.1 Accession number: 1996.17.261.2 Accession number: 1996.17.261.3 Accession number: 1996.17.261.4 Accession number: 1996.17.261.5
Research and responses

The term mingei refers to hand-crafted objects for daily use, and also to the art movement begun by Muneyoshi Yanagi (1889-1961), who coined the term in 1926. Yanagi himself preferred the term folk crafts to folk arts as an English equivalent for mingei, though both terms have been used.

For more information on mingei see the donor's typescript catalogue, p. 36.

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Food and Drink, Textile, Mat, Food Accessory

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