The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty by Soetsu Yanagi, Shoji Hamada, Bernard Leach

The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight Into Beauty

Soetsu Yanagi, Shoji Hamada, Bernard Leach

232 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction art informative reflective relaxing slow-paced
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This book challenges the conventional ideas of art and beauty. What is the value of things made by an anonymous craftsman working in a set tradition for a lifetime? What is the value of handwork? Why should even the roughly lacquered rice bowl of ...

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