S1 Ep2: Art, Craft, and the Evolution of Kogei

Welcome to the Heritage Meets Modernity Podcast where we explore how history, art, literature, and craft intersect with culture and contemporary life. 

In this episode, we discuss how society’s relationship to art and craft has changed over time, and how traditional crafts have evolved in a world that has been transformed by industrialization. 

This Episode’s Shownotes:

Kyuseido’s Library of Knowledge: https://www.kyuseidotokyo.com/libraryofknowledge

Arts and Crafts - An Introduction: https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/arts-and-crafts-an-introduction

Yanagi Soetsu | The Beauty of Everyday Things: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/311112/the-beauty-of-everyday-things-by-yanagi-soetsu/9780241366356

MINGEI | Art of the People - Exploring the Mingei Film Archive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dxGcQ62uFc&t=67s

Kogei Standard | What is Traditional Craft?: https://www.kogeistandard.com/insight/serial/editor-in-chief-column-kogei2/traditionalcrafts/

Dento Kogei Traditional Craft: https://www.japan-kogei.com/dento-about-eng.html

Yarn Library Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@YarnLibraryPodcast

Aleksandra Cieśliczka | The Boundary Between the Art and the Product - On the meaning and form of kōgei in the past and present (PDF): https://share.google/0q8w7c68eQGjXf5rK

Terumasa Ikeda: https://terumasa-ikeda.jp/en/about/

Thumbnail image: Urushi lacquer and Raden Box by Terumasa Ikeda

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