The Japan Folk Crafts Museum
About The Japan Folk Crafts Museum
Founded in 1936, the museum houses over 17,000 “Mingei” works - folk crafts or common crafts; works made by common, unknown craftspeople rather than famous artisans. The building itself was designed to replicate a common farm house, and the vast majority of the works are deliberately unidentified, just provided for the viewer to appreciate the workmanship.