- Title: Me no Me (Eyes' Eye) October 2023 Issue - Feature: Traveling to the Folk Craft Villages of Kanazawa and Toyama Please consider this a used book. In the mountain villages from Kanazawa to Toyama, such as Fukumitsu, Johana, and Inami, a unique culture has been formed where "faith" and "life" are integrated. Sōetsu Yanagi saw the essence of folk craft there and visited this area with Kanjiro Kawai and Shiko Munakata, later writing "The Gate of Beauty." This time, we traveled this route, which can be called the cradle of folk craft, with the critic Eisuke Wakamatsu. At the Beginning of the Journey What is the Land of Earthly Virtue Remaining in the Ideal Paradise of Folk Craft, the Mountain Villages of Toyama? Special Contribution The Topos of Spirituality Eisuke Wakamatsu The Spiritual Path Connecting Kanazawa and Gokayama Hiroshi Ota Toyama Antique Shop Guide Modern Japan Collectors' Chronicle Beauty in Being as It Is Seeing Buddha-nature in Unnamed Work ~ Mr. Fukuyama Mini Feature Why Shiko Munakata Now