Sori Yanagi Japanese Iron Soup Pot Casserole 22cm with Lid and ForkBackground Sori Yanagi was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1915. His father, Soetsu Yanagi started ? Mingei (Japanese folk art)? promotion, which valued hand crafted art of ordinary people and discovered beauty in everyday ordinary objects. Soetsu also helped to establish the Nihon Mingeikan, the Folk Crafts Museum of Japan. Sori entered Tokyo Art School in 1934, where he studied both art and architecture. He was impressed by Le Corbusier as well as by