Original Box
Showa
Living National Treasure
D15cm × 8cm H22cm
A salt-glazed flat bottle by Shoji Hamada, a Living National Treasure and a leading figure of the Mingei (Folk Craft) movement.
The warm brown surface is boldly accented with a cross motif painted in deep indigo. The crystalline texture and subtle tonal variations unique to salt glazing enhance the rustic charm and strong presence characteristic of Hamada’s work. A striking piece that serves beautifully as an interior focal point.
Shoji HAMADA（濱田庄司）
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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