Japanese Folk Crafts Museum
The Japan Folk Crafts Museum (日本民藝館 Nihon Mingeikan?) is a museum in Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the hand-crafted art of ordinary people (mingei).
The museum was established in 1936 by Yanagi Sōetsu, the founder of the mingei movement; Hamada Shōji succeeded him as its director. Yanagi and Hamada decided upon its foundation after their 1929 visit to the Nordiska Museet in .
The museum is housed in a replica of a farmhouse building common to parts of .
Coordinates: 35°39′39″N 139°40′45″E / 35.66083°N 139.67917°E
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