Import Craft Book from Japan at wholesale prices

2020 new work

A decade of wandering in the hinterland of China in search of “living” folk gear for ethnic minorities.

Shinobu Okumura, the owner of Mingei Okumura, a popular web shop dealing with household goods mainly in Japan and abroad, visits Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in China, where there is little information in Japan. Introduce the work of. A book that is both a Chinese folk art book and a guidebook.

Shinobu Okumura

Representative Director of Okumura Mingei (Okumura Shoten Co., Ltd.). Born in Chiba Prefecture in 1980. After graduating from Keio University's Faculty of Economics, he wandered around. Later, he became an importer at a trading company (in charge of Asia, the Middle East and Africa) and a sales and retailer at a manufacturer. WEB shop "Mingei Okumura" opened in 2010. We propose living tools (so-called folk art) made by hand from home and abroad.

Yayoi Arimoto (Arimoto Yayoi)

Born in Tokyo. After graduating from university, worked as a crew member of a foreign airline company. As she travels around the world, she is encouraged by passengers to start taking pictures. Started working as a freelance photographer in 2006. Currently, she has published photographs and video works in magazines, books, advertisements, and exhibitions. Recent books include the photo book "My Beasts" (Seigensha) and "The Bear Carver" (Shogakukan).