Shōji Hamada
Japanese artist
Died when: 83 years 27 days (996 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Shoji Hamada (?? ??, Hamada Shoji, December 9, 1894 – January 5, 1978) was a Japanese potter.He had a significant influence on studio pottery of the twentieth century, and a major figure of the mingei (folk-art) movement, establishing the town of Mashiko as a world-renowned pottery centre.
In 1955 he was designated a "Living National Treasure".
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