Table of Contents
1. Three People and the Ainu
• An Overview of Ainu Culture – Kanno Tan
• The Sacred Fish – Shigeji Maebashi
2. The Mingei Movement and 2018
• Reflections on the Japanese Daily Objects Exhibition – Ryuji Mitani
• Insights from Taipei – Yasuharu Sugano
• The “Ordinary” in Mingei – Yasuharu Sugano
• The Diverging Paths of “Ordinary” – Takao Takagi
• Personal Resistance – Kosuke Ide
• On Being a Vessel – Ryo Sawata
3. Takashi Murakami and Sakata Antiques
• What I Wanted to Convey at the “Bubble Wrap” Exhibition – Takashi Murakami
4. Toshirō Kawase and Irakadō
• Flowers in the Left Hand – Yoshio Aoi
5. The Loneliness of Antiques
• Growing Stingy with Age – Keisuke Aoyagi
• Occasional Encounters – Mariko Igarashi
Serial Essays
• Fragments on Robert Coutelas 6 – Toshiyuki Horie
Cover Illustration
Essence Anthology
Publisher Shinchosha
Published 2017
Pages 213
size 290×215mm
