Art Museum
Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
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Tottori Folk Crafts Museum is an art museum in Tottori, Japan.
About Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
The Tottori Folk Crafts Museum (鳥取民芸美術館, Tottori Mingei Bijutsukan) opened in Tottori, Japan, in 1949. It was established as the Tottori Mingeikan by Yoshida Shōya (吉田璋也), local advocate of the mingei folk craft movement, who formed a craft guild in 1931 and opened the craft shop "Takumi" in the city the following year. In 1933, Yoshida opened a shop by the same name in Tokyo's Ginza district. Both shops are still in operation as of 2023. The building in which the Tottori museum is housed was designated a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 2012.
Tottori Folk Crafts Museum by the numbers
- Founded
- 1949
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Tottori Folk Crafts Museum
- Website
- www.tottori-mingei.jp
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