![]() ![]() Coffee is yet to be served before the 75-year-old potter slips comfortably into an enthusiastic stream of thought and reflection about his life with mingei and the influence of "Yoshida sensei." We've barely taken our seats in the cafe at his kiln Craft-kan Iwai-gama in eastern Tottori Prefecture. Visitors can even stop by kilns with direct connections to the person who made the introductions. It's pottery, though, that offers the deepest dive into the mingei movement introduced here in the 1930s. The simple beauty of Tottori's folk crafts can be found across the region in washi paper, textiles, bamboo, and forged knives, among other forms. When Shoya Yoshida introduced the mingei movement to Tottori, he infused the western Japan region with a love of folk crafts that would change approaches to craft production and lifestyles and put in place a legacy that continues to enrich the region today. ![]()
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