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Akito Akagi
 Original text before translation
赤木明登
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JAN:978-4-568-14372-0
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| Akito Akagi, a lacquer artist, spins a new interpretation of "Mingei" (folk art). What is "folk art" and "beautiful things" as described by Muneyoshi Yanagi? The author, a Wajima lacquerware artisan and lacquer craftsman, has been practicing and contemplating for 15 years, and this full-length essay approaches the essence of the subject. This book will be a guide for all those who are involved in craftsmanship in this day and age, and all those who make their living from their relationship with nature. Anyone who has even the slightest interest in beautiful things and things cannot turn their backs on Muneyoshi Yanagi's [folk art] and move forward. The author, an actual lacquer craftsman, has written a book that breaks down the core of "Japanese beauty" as taught by Yanagi, and shows how it is possible to create a beautiful work of art. He presents us with the essence of the art and what the next generation of craftspeople should carry on. *Wazumi Sakata (Kozukutsu Sakata) [from the obi text]. [Author's Profile] Akito Akagi Akito Akagi is a lacquer craftsman born in Okayama Prefecture in 1962. After graduating from Chuo University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Philosophy, he worked as an editor before moving to Wajima in 1988. After training under Okamoto Susumu, a Wajima lacquerware craftsman, he became independent in 1994. His works were exhibited at the National Museum of German Art (1997), the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2000), the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (2010), the Austrian National Museum of Applied Arts (2012), and the Museum of Applied Arts (2012). Museum of Applied Arts, Austria [Objects? She has exhibited her works at the exhibition "Quality and Simplicity" at the National Museum of Applied Arts, Austria in 2012. He is the author of "Beautiful Things", "Beautiful Things", "The Road with No Name" (both published by Shinchosha), "Lacquer Painter's Story" (Bungeishunju), and co-author of "Everyday Use Lacquerware" (Shinchosha), "The Elements of Shapes" (Bijutsu Shuppansha), "Journey Around Utsuwa" (Kodansha), etc. Photo by Shizuka Suzuki |
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What is "folk art" and "beautiful things" as described by Muneyoshi Yanagi? The author, a Wajima lacquerware artisan and lacquer craftsman, has been practicing and contemplating for 15 years, and this full-length essay approaches the essence of the subject. This book will be a guide for all those who are involved in craftsmanship in this day and age, and all those who make their living from their relationship with nature.
Anyone who has even the slightest interest in beautiful things and things
cannot turn their backs on Muneyoshi Yanagi's [folk art] and move forward.
The author, an actual lacquer craftsman, has written a book that breaks down the core of "Japanese beauty" as taught by Yanagi, and shows how it is possible to create a beautiful work of art.
He presents us with the essence of the art and what the next generation of craftspeople should carry on. *Wazumi Sakata (Kozukutsu Sakata) [from the obi text].
[Author's Profile]
Akito Akagi
Akito Akagi is a lacquer craftsman born in Okayama Prefecture in 1962. After graduating from Chuo University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Philosophy, he worked as an editor before moving to Wajima in 1988. After training under Okamoto Susumu, a Wajima lacquerware craftsman, he became independent in 1994. His works were exhibited at the National Museum of German Art (1997), the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2000), the Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art (2010), the Austrian National Museum of Applied Arts (2012), and the Museum of Applied Arts (2012). Museum of Applied Arts, Austria [Objects? She has exhibited her works at the exhibition "Quality and Simplicity" at the National Museum of Applied Arts, Austria in 2012. He is the author of "Beautiful Things", "Beautiful Things", "The Road with No Name" (both published by Shinchosha), "Lacquer Painter's Story" (Bungeishunju), and co-author of "Everyday Use Lacquerware" (Shinchosha), "The Elements of Shapes" (Bijutsu Shuppansha), "Journey Around Utsuwa" (Kodansha), etc.
Photo by Shizuka Suzuki
柳宗悦の説いた「民藝」とは「美しいもの」とは何か。輪島塗りの職人（塗師）であり、 漆藝家でもある著者が、15年にわたり実践と 思索を続け、その本質に迫る長編エッセイ。いまの時代にものづくりにかかわる人、自然とのかかわりを生業にするすべての人の道しるべとなる一冊。
美しいモノやコトに少しでも興味を持つ者は、
柳宗悦の「民藝」に背を向け前へ進むことはできない。
漆工藝の実作者である著者が、柳の説いた「日本の美」の芯を噛みくだき、
食べつくし、その本質と次世代の工人が引き継いでゆくべきものを、私達に提示してくれる。･･････坂田和實（古道具坂田） ［帯文より］
【著者プロフィール】
赤木明登（あかぎ・あきと）
塗師(ぬし)。1962年岡山県生まれ。中央大学文学部哲学科卒業後、編集者を経て1988年に輪島へ。輪島塗の下地職人・岡本進のもとで修行後、1994年に独立。現代の暮らしに息づく生活漆器「ぬりもの」の世界を切り拓く。1997年にドイツ国立美術館「日本の現代塗り物十二人」展、2000年に東京国立近代美術館「うつわをみる 暮らしに息づく工芸」展、2010年に岡山県立美術館「岡山 美の回廊」展、2012年にオーストリア国立応用美術博物館「もの?質実と簡素」展に出品。著書に『美しいもの』『美しいこと』『名前のない道』（ともに新潮社)、『漆 塗師物語』(文藝春秋)、共著に『毎日つかう漆のうつわ』(新潮社)、『形の素』(美術出版社)、『うつわを巡る旅』(講談社)など。
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