Kogei 2020: The Art of Crafting Beauty from Nature

Price:: 2,500 yen (JPY)

Edited by:: Tokyo National Museum Hyokeikan

Language(s):: Japanese

Size:: 257 × 185 × 15 mm, 570 g

Pages:: 160

Binding:: softcover

Release date:: 20200920

ISBN:: 978-4-86152-810-1 C0072

Japanese

The contemporary fascination and potential of craft traditions that have evolved in constant conversation with nature.

This book themed on the relationship of art crafts (kogei) to nature offers new insights into the significance of kogei as revealed through eighty-two recent works each by a different leading contemporary artist in the fields of ceramics, textiles, lacquerware, metalwork, wood and bamboo work, dollmaking, cloisonné, and glass. Discover the power and possibilities of kogei through encounters with living masters who create expressive works for today.