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Japanese potter Shoji Hamada (–) is one of the most celebrated ceramists of the modern era. A forerunner in the Japanese folk art movement, Hamada embodied a principled respect for handmade wares in a period of ever-increasing textile industrialization.

Early Life

Shoji Hamada was born on December 9, in Kawasaki (Kanagawa prefecture), Japan.

Hamada, Shoji [浜田庄司] (1894–1978) - Routledge

Not much has been recorded regarding his father, Kyuzo Hamada, and his mother, Ai. Hamada found himself drawn to the arts at an early age. When he was eight, he accompanied an older relative to classes at the Tokyo School of Fine Art and watched the students and their work closely. He also tagged along when the same relative went on painting expeditions.

At sixteen he was submitting woodcuts to periodicals for publishing and being awarded frequent prizes for his work in art class at the school he attended. The Pucker Gallery (Boston, Massachusetts)'s online biography of Hamada revealed that he was "first interested in paintin Shōji Hamada - Wikipedia FIZIQ