Mingei & More

Euphemia Franklin

Far East – China & Japan

Euphemia joined Maggs part-time in 2021 while completing her master’s degree in History of Design at the V&A and Royal College of Art. Soon after graduating, she joined the firm full-time.

Euphemia works closely with Dr. Titus Boeder in the Far East department, and has compiled a number of themed catalogues, including The Tokaido, Books from Mishima’s Library and Papermaking and Printing in the World of Mingei. She has also contributed to The Book Collector and wrote the introduction to a book on the Avant Garde artist Toshio Saeki, published by Baron in 2023.

As a trained graphic designer, Euphemia brings her expertise to the firm through a variety of in-house projects. She introduced the first ever Maggs-branded pencil and, more recently, was the creative director for the firm’s new website and rebrand.

She is fluent in Japanese.

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Catalogue 1528

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The third instalment of catalogues on the theme of mingei (folk crafts).

The Mingei Movement in Japan began in the 1920s and focused on what the founder and theorist Yanagi Soetsu called 'the beauty of everyday objects'. This catalogue includes works by seven key figures, who were either directly involved in the Mingei Movement or inspired by it. The final section features a handful of books on the theme of Japanese paper-making.

Mingei & More

Catalogue

Nihon no kami: higashi nihon • nishi nihon [Japanese… 1958.

Uzen Takamatsu azabu-gami densho [Traditional papermaking in Uzen… 1960.

Myokonin inaba no genza [The devout Genza of… 1980.

Aizuhongo matsuyo sho [Selections from Aizu Hongo Kilns], 1956.

Egoyomi juni-jo [Picture calendar of twelve months]

Katazome torumpu-e: Te [Stencil-dyed playing cards: Hands], 1986.

Katazome torumpu-e: Su [Stencil-dyed playing cards: Numbers], 1986.

Katazome torumpu-e: hako [Stencil-dyed playing cards: Boxes], 1986.

Tosa Washi, 1990.

The Unknown Craftsman, 1972.

Toki to ningyo to [Time and dolls], 1986.

Toki seou [Bearing the weight of time], 1987.

Tosei [The sound of waves], 1981.

Tesuki no kami [Handmade paper], 1984.

Shifu cho - Japanese handmade paper, 1954.

Nihon no kami: nishi nihon: Japanese Hand-Made Paper… 1960.

Kishu koya-shi [Kishu koya paper], 1958.

Ai ori to ishizara [Indigo dye and Stoneware… 1984.

Tesuki Washi [Handmade paper], 1975.

Okinawa shodogu [Varieties of Okinawan Tools], 1959.

Ranpu [Lamps], 1940.

Shonen shojo [Boys and Girls], 1952.

Heppiri Yomego [The Bride Who Broke Wind], 1944.

Jagatarabumi [Letter from Jakarta], 1941.

Futarizure [Couples], 1947.

Gento [Magic Lantern], 1944.

Shinderera shusse-banashi [The success story of Cinderella], 1943.

ABC ateji shohyo Ex-Libris [Illustrated alphabet book of… 1988.

Okinawa no minyo [Folk Songs in Okinawa], 1961.

Hinoe tora goshi ginka kana tsuguru ban katazome… 1986.

Ranpu [Western Lamps], 1984.

Kyoto minka fu [Record of Kyoto's Minka Houses], 1934.

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