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
Thrown, combed tea bowl by Shoji Hamada
Shōji Hamada Memorial Mashiko Sankokan Museum
A square plate with iron pigment brushwork by Shōji Hamada
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
Shōji Hamada
…9, 1894 – January 5, 1978) was a Japanese potter. He had a significant influence on studio pottery of the twentieth century, and a major figure of the mingei (folk-art) movement, establishing the town of Mashiko as a pottery centre. In 1955 he was designated a "Living National Treasure". Hamada was born in…
Leather Fireman's Coat, late 19th century. Brooklyn Museum
Thrown bowl by Bernard Leach
Inu-Hariko (Papier-mache Puppy Doll), ca. 1950. Brooklyn Museum