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Soetsu Yanagi
Original title: 柳宗悦
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Soetsu Yanagi founded Japan’s Mingei movement. He was also a Shirakaba literary figure and a thinker who firmly criticized Japanese colonial policy following the annexation of Korea (1910). In 1926/4, he issued “The Purpose of Establishing the Japan Folk Crafts Museum”; 10 years later, in 1936/10, the Japan Folk Crafts Museum was completed in Meguro, Tokyo, and Soetsu became its first director.
柳宗悦は、日本民芸運動の創始者である。 白樺派の文人でもあり、日韓併合（１９１０年）以降の日本の植民地政策を断固として批判した思想家でもある。 １９２６年４月に「日本民芸美術館設立趣旨」を発表し、それから１０年後の１９３６年１０月、東京の目黒区に日本民芸館が完成し、宗悦はその初代館長に就任した。
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