Shoji Hamada: 40 Years On

Shoji Hamada: Master Potter

Shoji Hamada Decorating

Image: courtesy of the Consulate General of Japan

Of all the men I have known, nobody has achieved such a balance between the faculties of heart, head and hand as Hamada.

Bernard Leach, 1974

Bowl

Comprising 40 pots, from superb resist and brush decorated bottles and generously glazed jugs to Hamada’s incomparable tea bowls, yunomi and crisply cut boxes, this show is a retrospective of his best work from the early 1920s to the 1970s.

Faceted Teapot

The pots are drawn from important private collections, including a tea bowl that was in the possession of Bernard Leach.