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The Mingei movement

A twentieth-century Japanese movement celebrating the beauty and utility of ordinary handmade objects, rejecting the division between craft and fine art while honoring the makers who worked in anonymity. The philosophy extends beyond ceramics and textiles into a way of seeing: that mastery lies in complete attention to humble materials and functions, that use is inseparable from beauty.

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