With original wooden box
Shōwa period
Designated Living National Treasure
Diameter: 20 cm / Height: 5 cm
This is a set of five dishes by Shōji Hamada, a Living National Treasure, featuring his signature sugarcane (tōkibi) motif painted in iron glaze over a soft white ground. The bold brushstrokes of the motif, coupled with the nuanced contrast between the iron decoration and the milky white glaze, make these dishes ideal both for use and for display. Each dish has its own unique personality in terms of glaze application, footring treatment, and painting style—adding to their collectible appeal.
Shōji HAMADA
1894 - 1978
He was a potter within the folk tradition of Japanese. He was a long-time friend of Kanjiro Kawai, Soetsu Yanagi, and Bernard Leach with whom he co-founded the Japan Folk Art Association in 1926. Hamada became an important figure in the Japanese folk arts movement. After 1923, he moved to Mashiko where he rebuilt farmhouses and established his large workshop. Throughout his life, Hamada demonstrated an excellent glazing technique, using such trademark glazes as temmoku iron glaze, nuka rice-husk ash glaze, and kaki persimmon glaze. Through his frequent visits and demonstrations abroad, Hamada influenced many potters of the world in later generations as well as those of his own.
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