河合寛次郎記念館へ自転車でKawai Kanjiro was a potter, polymath, genius.
Although he is often lumped with the mingei (folk craft) movement that developed in the 1920s and 1930s in Japan, he is much more than that.
The mingei movement emphasized utility and anonymity. Kawai was interested in neither.
His works are madly creative and original - and instantly recognizable.
The house he resided and worked in, not far from Kiyomizu Temple, is now a museum that remains much as it was when he was alive.
It is a spacious two-story home with an inner garden. The massive kiln is in the back.
Throughout the house are works by Kawai, who was madly creative.
Information
569 Kaneicho, Gojozaka, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0875
Tel. 075 561 3585
Hours
10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. (last entry 4:30 pm); 900 yen for adults.
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