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With Original Box
Showa Era
Living National Treasure
D10cm H8cm
An incense burner featuring a salt-glazed surface with a soft natural sheen, accented by iron slip and encircled with finely incised comb patterns.
The horizontal comb marks create a measured rhythm across the form, while retaining the subtle irregularities characteristic of handwork, resulting in a warm and expressive presence. The gentle luster of the salt glaze harmonizes with the depth of tone from the iron decoration, conveying strength within rustic simplicity.
Raised on three feet, the form is both stable and sculpturally balanced, exemplifying Hamada Shoji’s union of utility and aesthetic refinement.
Please note that the pierced lid (hoya) is not included.
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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