Living National Treasure Shoji Hamada

size
width
22cm 8 3/4"
depth
1.5cm 0 1/2"
height
29cm 11 1/2"

Title Living National Treasure,The Father of Masuko Shoji Hamada
Publication Year 1978

Shoji Hamada

Photographer Suzuki,This is an autographed copy by Suzuki,not Shoji Hamada.

approx 177pages Softcover w/many photos (Color and B&W) of his great works.
So,even if you don't understand Japanese,you'll enjoy this book through many photos.

This book was published as a pamphlet of exhibition commemorating him.
Eminent people from various fields such as Ryuzaburo Umehara,Tatsuzo Shimaoka,Ken Domon talk about his great works in this book.

If you are interested in his works,this book would be a great collection for you!
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■Shoji Hamada (Hamada Shoji) (December 9, 1894 ? January 5, 1978) was a Japanese potter. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and died in Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture.He studied ceramics at Tokyo Institute of Technology under Kawai Kanijiro, soon after he met Bernard Leach with whom he travelled to England in 1920. In 1955 the Japanese government designated him a "Living National Treasure".

-Condition-
This book was published 29 years ago ,so yellowing and stains on the cover and pages.But it is in very good condition overall.

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