Japanese potter who co-founded the Leach Pottery in England, then settled in Mashiko and made it a world center of folk ceramics. A leading figure of the mingei folk craft movement, he threw quiet, generous stoneware without marking it, saying the work should speak for itself, and Japan named him a Living National Treasure in 1955. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Defining ContributionMingei potter of Mashiko; co-founded the Leach Pottery; Living National Treasure, 1955 1 Connections
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Hamada co-coined the word and was the movement's leading potter
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Shōji Hamada (濱田 庄司, Hamada Shōji; December 9, 1894 – January 5, 1978) was a Japanese potter.
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