Mingei
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The concept of mingei, variously translated into English as "folk craft", "folk art" or "popular art", was developed from the mid-1920s in Japan by a philosopher and aesthete, Yanagi Sōetsu, together
Thrown, combed tea bowl by Shōji Hamada
Leather Fireman's Coat, late 19th century. Brooklyn Museum
Thrown bowl by Bernard Leach
Inu-Hariko (Papier-mache Puppy Doll), ca. 1950. Brooklyn Museum
Shōji Hamada
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Shōji Hamada was a Japanese potter. He had a significant influence on studio pottery of the twentieth century, and a major figure of the mingei movement, establishing the town of Mashiko as a pottery
Mingei
…developed from the mid-1920s in Japan by a philosopher and aesthete, Yanagi Sōetsu (1889–1961), together with a group of craftsmen, including the potters Hamada Shōji (1894–1978) and Kawai Kanjirō (1890–1966). As such, it was a conscious attempt to distinguish ordinary crafts and functional utensils (pottery…
Shōji Hamada Memorial Mashiko Sankokan Museum
A square plate with iron pigment brushwork by Shōji Hamada