Japan Folk Crafts Museum (Mingeikan)
Museum of Folk Crafts of Japan - a museum in Komabi, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the handicrafts of ordinary people (minge). The museum was established in 1936 by the founder of the mingge movement Yanagi Shetsu; Hamada Shiji replaced him as director. Yanagi and Hamada decided to establish it after a visit in 1929 to the Nordisk Museum in Stockholm.