▲This is a set of a teapot and six cups.
▲You can feel the warmth of the earth.
▲Box by Shoji HAMADA
It reads “Bancha Tea Set Shoji.”
Original Box
Living National Trager
Tea Cup : Diameter 9.8 cm, Height 6.8 cm
Teapot : Diameter 17 cm, Height 12 cm
A Bancha Tea Set by Shoji Hamada. The bold patterns are created using a wax-resist technique, leaving areas of the natural clay body exposed amidst the deep iron glaze. The interplay of glaze tones and the warmth of the clay conveys both strength and rustic beauty. Complete with a teapot and six cups, this set enriches the daily tea experience.
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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