Tottori Folk Crafts Museum Explained

The opened in Tottori, Japan, in 1949. It was established as the Tottori Mingeikan by, local advocate of the mingei folk craft movement, who formed a craft guild in 1931 and opened the craft shop "Takumi" in the city the following year. In 1933, Yoshida opened a shop by the same name in Tokyo's Ginza district. Both shops are still in operation as of 2023.^{[1] [2]} The building in which the Tottori museum is housed was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2012.^[3]

See also

• Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
• Folk Cultural Properties
• Japanese craft

Notes and References

1. Book: Japanese Modernisation and Mingei Theory: Cultural nationalism and Oriental Orientalism . Kikuchi Yuko . . 9780415297905 . 2004 . 74.
2. Web site: https://www.tottori-mingei.jp//. ja:鳥取民藝美術館・たくみ工芸館 . Tottori Folk Crafts Museum - Takumi Craft Hall . Japanese . . 4 May 2023.
3. Web site: http://www.city.tottori.lg.jp/www/contents/1335145044890/index.html . ja:鳥取民芸美術館』登録有形文化財(建造物)登録のお知らせ . Notice of the Registration of the Tottori Folk Crafts Museum as a Tangible Cultural Property . Japanese . . 18 May 2012.