Between 'Mingei' and 'Mingu' : Aruga's Household Theory under the Influence of Yanagi's Folk Craft Theory

ミンゲイ ト ミング ノ アイダ アルガ キザエモン ニトッテ ヤナギ ムネヨシ トワ ナンダッタノカ

タケナカ, ヒトシ

Takenaka, Hitoshi

オオサカ ダイガク ニンゲン カガクブ シャカイガク ニンゲンガク ジンルイガク ケンキュウシツ

英語

柳宗悦

民芸

民具

自給

Kizaemon Aruga

Muneyoshi Yanagi

folk craft

folk utensil

self-sufficiency

Kizaemon Aruga, one of the leading sociologists in modern Japan, has been considered to begin his career as a student of folklore under Kunio Yanagita, later becoming a sociologist. In fact, he was also influenced by Muneyoshi Yanagi, a leader of the Folk Craft (mingei) Movement, but we have not attached great importance to the influence. In this article, I maintain that the perspective of Yanagi unexpectedly has much influence on the core of Aruga's theory. Aruga took over the image of folk craft from Yanagi and put his own interpretation on it. He used it to built not only a concept of mingu (folk utensils which farmers make for themselves), but also his "ie" (household) theory, his most important achievement. His acquaintance with Yanagi was not an episode in his youth, but a source of theoretical inspiration all his life.

英語