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Mingei

Scope note

Use for genre of Japanese folk art conforming to the principle of the inseparability of beauty and high utility in the everyday, practical objects of the common people; traditional craft methods without conscious aesthetic intent govern the production of the objects of the genre; distinguish from the utilitarian goods of the aristocracy, which consciously strove for aesthetic effect, and from the everyday utilitarian products of modern industrialization; genre defined and term used since 1920s.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000260035

Broader Terms used

folk art

Created

13yrs ago

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