Emuva ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yama-20 no-30, iJapan yayisungula inhlangano yabo ye-Folk Art (Mingi) ngenxa yengxenye encane yesazi sefilosofi u-Yanagi Soetsu. U-Yanagi wathatheka ngomsebenzi wezandla waseKorea futhi ngemva nje kwalokho waqala 'ukuhlenga' izimbiza eziphansi ezazisetshenziswa abantu abavamile ngezikhathi ze-Edo ne-Meiji futhi wazithola zizinhle ngokwazo uma ziqhathaniswa nezingcezu zobuciko eziyigugu ezitholakala kumamnyuziyamu ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20.
U-Yanagi wayekholelwa ukuthi uMingei ugxile kubadwebi abangaziwa abakhiqiza izinto zabo ngesandla, azibizi futhi zisebenza ekuphileni kwansuku zonke. Lowo mbono uye wanda ezimakethe zezentengiselwano zanamuhla, ikakhulukazi lezo ezitholakala eYurophu, lapho izitolo ezintsha eziphefumulelwe ukwakheka kwaseJapane ziqhubeka nokuvula leso sici esidalwe ngokwesiko izinto ezisimeme. Izitolo ezifana ne-Native & Co, Muji kanye ne-Mizuya zonke zifaka izinto eziphefumulelwe i-Mingei ezifana nemikhiqizo e-lacquered, i-ceramic kanye nemikhiqizo yokhuni eya ngokuya iduma.
Izinto ezithengekayo, ezisebenzayo nezibukeka kahle akuzona kuphela izinto ezisetshenziswayo - njengoba izindwangu ngisho nokukhanyisa nefenisha kuthathelwe idizayini yaseJapan.
Abaklami nangaphambili kwesitolo se-inthanethi kufaka phakathi UFreyja Sewell ozinze e-UK, Reiko Kaneko futhi I-Farrow neBhola konke kuveza imiklamo eyingqayizivele evela kulokhu okukhulunywe ngakho ngenhla ngethonya laseJapane, eliqinisa kuphela imvelo yokuthi kungani uMingei ethandwa kangaka.
