Mingei arts in theory are hand crafted, folk art or arts of the people as defined by Yanagi Soetsu in 1927. The controversy now by scholars that it is a hybrid of occidental ideas which Bernard Leach 1887-1979 introduced in Japan in 1907, as a rediscovery of Japanese cultural origins, which in turn, this orientalism they applied to their own art and then projected to other oriental countries. The carvings are of Ebisu-wealth of the sea and patron to fishermen and Daikoku-Wealth of the soil and ...click for details
The inner design with satin floral and gold phoenix birds on the raised fabric. Symbols associated with the Chinese marriage ceremony. 26 x 21 1/2 inches framed, fine condition.
