{"product_id":"kawaikanjiro-no-hito-to-shigoto","title":"Kawai Kanjiro no Hito to Shigoto","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKawai is a master of pottery. But he is, even more, a master of \"receiving.\" Whether meeting a person, watching a film, or gazing at an object, the way he receives its value is extraordinary. From what seems like nothing to others, he draws out something. Even if it truly is nothing, he receives it as something. No — he does not receive it passively; he actively draws it in and makes it his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e— Excerpt from the opening passage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author, Soetsu Yanagi (1889–1961), was the founder of the Mingei (Japanese folk craft) movement — he coined the very word \"mingei\" — and served as the first director of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Nihon Mingeikan) in Tokyo. This slim volume is Yanagi's essay on his close friend and fellow founder of the movement, the potter\u0026nbsp;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKanjiro Kawai (1890–1966)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, discussing both his character and his work in ceramics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"書肆 秋櫻舎 \/ SHUOSHA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46306196455596,"sku":null,"price":27500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/1356\/9964\/files\/R0006133.jpg?v=1784127609","url":"https:\/\/shuosha-books.com\/en\/products\/kawaikanjiro-no-hito-to-shigoto","provider":"書肆 秋櫻舎　SHUOSHA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}