Shoji Hamada

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Shoji Hamada was a renowned Japanese potter and key figure in the Mingei (folk craft) movement, celebrated for his functional stoneware and designation as a Living National Treasure.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese artist
ceramist
human
potter
associatedWith Japan Folk Crafts Museum
Leach Pottery, St Ives
linked to: Leach Pottery
burialPlace Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
coFounded Mingei movement
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1894-12-09
dateOfDeath 1978-01-05
educatedAt Tokyo Higher Technical School
Tokyo Institute of Technology
familyName Hamada
fieldOfWork ceramics
pottery
gender male
genre folk pottery
stoneware
givenName Shoji
linked to: Shōji
influenced Bernard Leach
studio pottery movement in the West
influencedBy Bernard Leach
Kawai Kanjirō
Yanagi Sōetsu
knownFor Mingei (folk craft) pottery
functional stoneware
studio pottery
movement Mingei movement
folk craft movement
name Shoji Hamada
nationality Japanese
nativeName 濱田庄司
notableAward Living National Treasure of Japan
Order of Culture (Japan)
linked to: Order of Culture

Person of Cultural Merit (Japan)
placeOfBirth Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
linked to: Kanagawa Prefecture

Tokyo, Japan
linked to: Tokyo
placeOfDeath Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
residence Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
style natural glazes
simple, functional forms
wood-fired kilns
title Living National Treasure
usedTechnique ash glazes
slip decoration
wheel-thrown pottery
workLocation Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Yanagi Sōetsu influenced Shoji Hamada
Bernard Leach coFoundedWith Shoji Hamada
Bernard Leach influencedBy Shoji Hamada
Shoji Hamada name Shoji Hamada