English Dictionary

mingei

名詞

不可算名詞

A Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.

日本語の意味

日本の民芸運動。手作りの日用品など、日常生活で使われる安価なアイテムの美しさや実用性を追求する芸術運動

The curator explained how mingei celebrates ordinary crafts made for daily use, valuing simplicity over luxury.

学芸員は、日本の民芸運動が日常使いの素朴な工芸品を称え、贅沢よりも簡素さを重んじることを説明した。

意味（1）

A Japanese folk art movement focusing on inexpensive hand-made everyday items.

He studied industrial ceramics at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, inspired by a visit to the Japan Folk Crafts Museum in 1938, where he encountered mingei philosophy, and its objects, for the first time.