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Sori Yanagi Shop / Tokyo

Since 1972, the Yanagi Shop has been located down a small quiet alley in Tokyo

The shop sells new products that were designed by Sori Yanagi (1915-2011)
There are also many vintage nuggets on display, but unfortunately not for sale.

A great old Aalto stool, with a Yanagi pad.
I really wanted to buy the 1960 Yanagi tape dispenser. They still use it at the shop.
Sori Yanagi's office in 1960

VKG chairs, 40s terracotta sculpture and macrame
Iron and Isamu Kenmochi
Clay and a Sori Yanagi sake glass

George Nelson/Irving Harper fire starter and Japanese iron

Bowl by Mingei Museum founder, Martha Longenecker
Sori Yanagi wooden figures, from Martha Longenecker's estate
More Yanagi and Japanese craft from the Longenecker esate
More of Martha's stuff
Martha's Design Quarterly
Actually, I think this one belonged to her friend, Ilse Ruocco
Ilse Ruocco and Martha Longeneker, 1957
Source: San Diego's Craft Revolution From Post-War Modern to California Design, by Dave Hampton
Not Martha's stuff. La Gardo Tackett, Kenji Fujita, Heino, Laura Andreson, and Doug Ayers
George Nelson for Howard Miller...Old In Box
Fragile Bubble
Hammer by Koyo Sangyo

Mingei of Japan at the Mingei International Museum
It probably isn't a surprise that the Mingei museum has a fantastic collection of Mingei artifacts. This included a number of recent acquisitions. The exhibit was curated by the museum's director, Rob Sidner. Soetsu Yanagi’s writings are on the walls. He, along with Shoji Hamada and Kawai Kawai Kanjiro, are the fathers of the Japanese Mingei movement. Soetsu is also the father of Sori Yanagi. Here is baby Sori in 1915.
Ceramics by Shoji Hamada
Shoji Hamada
Hamada, Bernard Leach, Soetsu Yanagi, and Marguerite Wildenhain at Black Mountain College, 1952 Source: American Craft Council
Kawai Kanjiro. I went to his house, here.

Kokeshi

Nakashima table and chairs flanked by Sori Yanagi lamps, stool, and teapot.
Sori Yanagi
Mingei of Japan runs until October 2, 2016

Japanese Stools
Japanese Lamp
Swift and Monell
Smalls
A perfectly thrown pot by Tung Chiang, Heath Clay Studio Director in San Francisco. I'm so happy to have this in my collection.