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The museum building (as well as Yanagi's residence, now known as the West Hall) is built in a modern style, but with traditional-seeming aesthetics throughout, drawing much inspiration from the Arts & Crafts Movement active in the West at that time. The facade is in white plaster, with grey tile roofing, and the interior is chiefly of dark wood, all designed by Yanagi very much with the Mingei aesthetic and philosophy in mind.

The museum building (as well as Yanagi's residence, now known as the West Hall) is built in a modern style, but with traditional-seeming aesthetics throughout, drawing much inspiration from the Arts & Crafts Movement active in the West at that time. The facade is in white plaster, with grey tile roofing, and the interior is chiefly of dark wood, all designed by Yanagi very much with the Mingei aesthetic and philosophy in mind.

The collection consists of some 17,000 objects from across Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Okinawa, various parts of Africa, and elsewhere in the world, and includes ceramics; lacquerwares; textiles; and pieces in bamboo, straw, wood, and stone; among others. The gallery labels offer minimal explanation or description, as Yanagi believed objects could, and should, speak for themselves.

The collection consists of some 17,000 objects from across Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Okinawa, various parts of Africa, and elsewhere in the world,<ref>Including some 1,430 Okinawan objects. Nitta Setsuko, "Oppression of and Admiration for Okinawan Textiles: Commercial Items and Art Objects," Okinawan Art in its Regional Context symposium, University of East Anglia, Norwich, 10 Oct 2019.</ref> and includes ceramics; lacquerwares; textiles; and pieces in bamboo, straw, wood, and stone; among others. The gallery labels offer minimal explanation or description, as Yanagi believed objects could, and should, speak for themselves.

While most of the museum buildings date to the 1930s, the West Hall (formerly Yanagi's private residence) features a gate originally built in [[Tochigi prefecture]] in [[1880]]. While the main museum is open to visitors during normal business hours most days of the week (Tues-Sun, 10-5), the West Hall is only opened on the second and third Wednesday and Saturday of each month.

While most of the museum buildings date to the 1930s, the West Hall (formerly Yanagi's private residence) features a gate originally built in [[Tochigi prefecture]] in [[1880]]. While the main museum is open to visitors during normal business hours most days of the week (Tues-Sun, 10-5), the West Hall is only opened on the second and third Wednesday and Saturday of each month.

==References==

==References==

*"Nihon Mingeikan General Information & 2017-2018 Exhibition Schedule," pamphlet available on-site.

*"Nihon Mingeikan General Information & 2017-2018 Exhibition Schedule," pamphlet available on-site.

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