Folk Art and Craft
Some well-known craft objects such as netsuke, raccoon dog earthenware (Shigaraki ware), may be classed as Japanese traditional crafts(ja).
A number of articles of daily household use (mingu (民具?)), amassed by Keizo Shibusawa, became the Attic Museum collection, now mostly housed in the National Museum of Ethnology in Suita, Osaka. The Mingei movement spearheaded by Yanagi Sōetsu sought to appreciate folk craft from an aesthetic viewpoint.
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