Square dish

Object Details

• Artist

  Hamada Shoji (1894-1978)

• Label

  Hamada Shoji was a cofounder, with philosopher and critic Yanagi Soetsu (1889-1961) and potter Kawai Kanjiro, of the Japanese Folk Craft Movement. In 1926 they coined the term mingei to designate 'crafts of the common people,' which they admired for their strength and simplicity. In his own work Hamada took as his model the sturdy forms, local materials, and simple decorations of Japanese folk pottery. The checkerboard pattern of this molded dish was created by wax resist using two glazes from Mashiko, where Hamada resided after 1924. One is a clear glaze made from wood ash and limestone; the other is tinted brown with iron from ground volcanic stone.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Paper and Clay from Modern Japan (January 20 to March 31, 1991)

• Origin

  Mashiko, Tochigi prefecture, Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Idamae Burati

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1940s, 1950s

• Name

  Hamada, Shoji

• Place

  Japan, Tochigi prefecture, Mashiko

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Stoneware, Japanese Art, Ceramics

• Culture

  Japanese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)