Kingdom of Beauty Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan

Name: Kingdom of Beauty Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial Japan
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ISBN: 9780822340003

ISBN-10: 0822340003

ISBN-13: 9780822340003

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kim Brandt

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A Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University " Kingdom of Beauty" shows that the discovery of "mingei" (folk art) by Japanese intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s was central to the complex process by which Japan became both a modern nation and an imperial world power. Kim Brandt's account of the mingei movement locates its origins in colonial Korea, where middle-class Japanese artists and collectors discovered that imperialism offered them special opportunities to amass art objects and gain social, cultural, and even political influence. Later, mingei enthusiasts worked with (and against) other groups--such as state officials, fascist ideologues, rival folk art…

Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 7/20/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.38" wide x 8.90" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Beauty of Sorrow



The Discovery of Mingei



New Mingei in die 1930s



Mingei and the Wartime State, 1937-1945



Renovating Greater East Asia


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index