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HAMADA SHŌJI (1894–1978) Born in 1894 in the Kanagawa Prefecture, kenkyujo). Thereafter, he spent three formative
A GROUP OF ELEVEN DISHES Hamada Shōji (1894–1978) is widely years working with the British potter Bernard
recognised as one of the most influential
SHOWA PERIOD, 20 TH CENTURY potters of the 20 century. Leach (1887–1979) at his studio in St. Ives,
th
Cornwall.
each of shallow circular form of coarse Hamada began his formal instruction
reddish clay, variously glazed in brown and in Japan, graduating from the ceramics Returning to Japan in 1924, Hamada settled in
black glazes on a greyish body with abstract department of Tokyo Industrial High Mashiko in the Tochigi prefecture. Along with
designs, tomobako [fitted wood box] signed School (Tokyo koto kogyo gakko) under the his close friend Yanagi Sōetsu (1889–1961),
Shōji saku [made by Shōji], Namako-yu supervision of Itaya Hazan (1872–1963) in he co-founded the Nihon Mingei Kai [Japanese
egawari-zara [Namako-glazed egawari dish], 1916, and following graduation, Hamada Folk Art Association] that focused on everyday
Shinsaku shiki [acknowledged by Shinsaku] worked at the Kyoto Tojiki Kenkyujyo Kyoto objects produced by common craftsmen, as
Each 8.5 cm., 7¼ in. cm. diam. Ceramics Testing Institute (Kyoto shi tojiki opposed to highly refined works of art (fine art)
(11) as a response to Japan’s rapid industrialization.
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