Original Wooden Box
Showa
Living National Treasure
D12.5cm H25cm
A powerful stoneware vase by Hamada Shoji, a Living National Treasure and central figure of Japan's Mingei (Folk Craft) movement who brought Mashiko pottery to global acclaim.
This piece features a robust faceted form coated in Hamada's signature kakiyu (persimmon-red glaze), where natural kiln variations create a rich depth with dark, smoky undertones. Contrasting against the warm surface are circular reserved white medallions containing fluid, spontaneous brushwork of his iconic "Sugarcane" (Satokibi) motif executed in iron pigment.
Fusing geometric modernity with the quiet warmth of natural clay, this vessel embodies the unpretentious essence of Mingei philosophy and brings a commanding presence to any space.
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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