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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

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Book category Books in English The arts History of art / art & design styles Art styles not defined by date

• Full title: Unknown Craftsman, The: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty
• Author: Soetsu Yanagi
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232
• EAN: 9781568365206
• ISBN: 1568365209
• ID: 02779012
• Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc
• Weight: 666 g
• Dimensions: 238 × 180 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 21. June 2013

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