GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) was famous for producing wares in the village of Mashiko, which has been the largest center for folk pottery in Japan since the 1930s. Freely brushed designs and warm glazes in black, brown, white, and blue-green are all typical of the kind of wares that have made Mashiko and Japanese folk pottery famous throughout the world. Shoji Hamada in particular had tremendous influence on later generations of potters in Japan, Europe, and the United States as the prime mover of the Mengei or Folk Craft movement that was begun in Japan with Bernard Leach in the 1920s.
Adapted from
- Emily Sano, DMA unpublished material, 1989.
NOTES
General description adapted from the acquisition justification.
Catalogue essays
Japanese Art During the Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Japanese Art During the Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Artist/designers
Hamada_Shoji: ULAN: 500078963
Cultures
Geography
Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120
Mashiko: TGN: 1080728
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
throwing (pottery technique): AAT: 300053908
temmoku: AAT: 300343523
glaze: AAT: 300015091
Historical periods
twentieth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404514
Individuals
Leach_Bernard: ULAN: 500018779
Subject terms
mingei (folk art movement): AAT: 300260035
folk art (traditional art): 300056487
glossy: AAT: 300065242
organic (attributes and properties): AAT: 300191632
plates (dishes): AAT: 300042991
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Mitsuru Tajima, London Gallery, Tokyo
1989: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of above.
The main source for this provenance is the letter dated August 8, 1989 from Emily J. Sano of the Dallas Museum of Art, to Mitsuru Tajima, copy in DMA Collections Records object file.
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WEB RESOURCES
- The Japan Folk Crafts Museum~Explore the history of the Mingei movement.
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General Description
Shoji Hamada (1894-1978) was famous for producing wares in the village of Mashiko, which has been the largest center for folk pottery in Japan since the 1930s. Freely brushed designs and warm glazes in black, brown, white, and blue-green are all typical of the kind of wares that have made Mashiko and Japanese folk pottery famous throughout the world. Shoji Hamada in particular had tremendous influence on later generations of potters in Japan, Europe, and the United States as the prime mover of the Mengei or Folk Craft movement that was begun in Japan with Bernard Leach in the 1920s.
Adapted from
- Emily Sano, DMA unpublished material, 1989.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
Web Resources
Notes
General description adapted from the acquisition justification.
Catalogue essays
Japanese Art During the Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Japanese Art During the Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Artist/designers
Hamada_Shoji: ULAN: 500078963
Cultures
Geography
Japan (nation): TGN: 1000120
Mashiko: TGN: 1080728
Process/materials
ceramic (material): AAT: 300235507
throwing (pottery technique): AAT: 300053908
temmoku: AAT: 300343523
glaze: AAT: 300015091
Historical periods
twentieth century (dates CE): AAT: 300404514
Individuals
Leach_Bernard: ULAN: 500018779
Subject terms
mingei (folk art movement): AAT: 300260035
folk art (traditional art): 300056487
glossy: AAT: 300065242
organic (attributes and properties): AAT: 300191632
plates (dishes): AAT: 300042991
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Mitsuru Tajima, London Gallery, Tokyo
1989: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of above.
The main source for this provenance is the letter dated August 8, 1989 from Emily J. Sano of the Dallas Museum of Art, to Mitsuru Tajima, copy in DMA Collections Records object file.
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