Japanese Folk Crafts Museum

The Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Japanese: 日本民藝館, Hepburn: Nihon Mingeikan) is a museum in Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the hand-crafted art of ordinary people (mingei).

The museum was established in 1936 by Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the mingei movement; Hamada Shōji succeeded him as its director.

[1][2] Yanagi and Hamada officially announced their desire to establish a folk crafts museum in 1926.

[3] The museum covers 1,818 square meters and was constructed with a traditional Japanese architectural style.

A 'long' stone-roofed gate-cum-residence (nagaya-mon) was brought from Tochigi Prefecture and reconstructed in front of the building.