Tea and Beauty - Soetsu Yanagi and the Way of Tea (The Japan Folk Crafts Museum)

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Tucked away in Tokyo Komaba, Meguro, Japan Folk Crafts Museum. Thus, the exhibition to introduce held, the relationship of tea and Soetsu Yanagi.

The exhibition was done in concept to exhibit and tea issued Soetsu Yanagi went, the tea ceremony several times, and to reconstruct the tea party.

Soetsu Yanagi that intensely criticized essentially the world of tea drifting sense of stagnation. Instead, beauty is full of really, everyone will want to head to there, the world of tea willow has been presented, was such a world.

Was surprised most, variety of times and places that have been made ​​of such tea.

It thinks at first glance, Japan, Korea, and, I wish been about China at the very least, of the 19th century in Europe, said slip or wear of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany, from the Middle Ages, folk art of many was exhibited .

If you look closely well, certainly, you will notice that the images and depicted, silhouette, like Europe, and there is no description plate, to the end, work unaware and so in many cases.

You are born out of living of the people, the beautiful work that was snuggled up in life, such as the border that, no, in such work, the idea of willow Muneyoshi has clearly shown.

Hanging scroll also really versatile. Some artworks such as Otsue rustic, some travel and brush Sentei Ming Dynasty, also works like a dog figure. Delicate technique of Song view, two dogs of parent and child is depicted in the lovely state.

Seems to be drawn on the 16-17 century, the image of the Acala. Both eyes, is depicted in imbalance, though, it looks like a parody or, as modern art. It's like real estate and not afraid at all, this one is likely to be laughing.

Iron sand Ryubuntsubo made ​​Shiko Munakata had, in Korea in the 17th century. Literally, the dragon is depicted, but this, no matter how you look at it, is not visible to the dragon. It's like a centipede or caterpillar. Its simplicity is unbearable.

Rubbings of the Northern Wei period are on display several points. Carved towards its kanji a really amateurish, amateur than carved it? I do not think only the. Probably, Soetsu Yanagi would of loved its simplicity.

In addition, was exhibited, one point any one point as well, was really tasteful people from the Arts.

The world of tea of a different form and is divided into a variety of schools, and they've been caught up in fine Conventions, the modern tea ceremony, there were there.

At the entrance of the Japan Folk Crafts Museum, plum blossoms were blooming beautifully.

Plum fragrant embrace Muneyoshi's way of tea.