# Yanagi Soetsu (@yanagi-soetsu)

Yanagi Soetsu was a Japanese philosopher and museum founder. Yanagi Soetsu formulated the mingei concept and founded the Japan Folk Crafts Museum.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Yanagi Soetsu's public record._

## Topics

- [Legacy and Context](/@yanagi-soetsu/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Work](/@yanagi-soetsu/major-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Practice and Method](/@yanagi-soetsu/practice-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.mingeikan.or.jp/english/about/soetsu/
- blog: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=Yanagi%20Soetsu
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yanagi-Soetsu

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "yanagi-soetsu", "question": "…"}`.