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Shōji Hamada

Teabowl is dated About 1950-about 1970 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago. Vase is dated About 1940 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago. Press-Moulded Vase is dated 1950s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

Also recorded as Shoji Hamada · Shouji Hamada · Hamada · Hamada Shoji

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Photograph Shōji Hamada at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor.

Unidentified (Ensian published by University of Michigan) · 1968 Michiganensian, p. 90 · Public domain

Identity and origins

Bottle Vase With Wax-Resistant Design of Grasses & Flowers on Both Sides is catalogued and held by Vanderbilt Museum of Art. Water Jar (Mizusashi) is dated 1960s and held by The Art Institute of Chicago. Box (base) is dated mid-1900s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art. Plate is dated mid- to late 1900s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art. Incense box is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago. Hexagonal Vase is dated mid- to late 1900s and held by The Cleveland Museum of Art. Shōji Hamada was born in 1894 at Mizonokuchi. Hamada died in 1978 at Mashiko. Shōji Hamada was recorded as having studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Hibiya High School. Shōji Hamada was recorded at birth as 濱田象二.

Shōji Hamada studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Hibiya High School. Tatsuzō Shimaoka, Kōichi Takita and Gen Murata are recorded as having studied under Shōji Hamada. The recorded working language is Japanese.

The field of work recorded is Mashiko ware.

Work by Shōji Hamada is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Tate.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit.

Shōji Hamada was recorded at birth as 濱田象二. The authorities additionally record the headings Shoji Hamada, Shouji Hamada, Hamada, Hamada Shoji and Hamada Shouji. His recorded language was Japanese.

2 children are recorded: Shinsaku Hamada and Atsuya Hamada.

Identity

Shōji Hamada is recorded as having received Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1894–1978

  1. 1894

    Life

    Shōji Hamada was born in 1894 at Mizonokuchi.

  2. 1940

    Institution

    Vase is dated About 1940 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1950

    Institution

    Teabowl is dated About 1950-about 1970 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  4. 1960

    Institution

    砂糖黍文徳利|Bottle with Sugar Cane, dated 1960, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  5. 1960

    Institution

    砂糖黍文徳利|Bottle with Sugar Cane (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  6. 1978

    Life

    Shōji Hamada died in 1978 at Mashiko.

The full dated record · 6 entries

  1. 1894

    Shōji Hamada was born in 1894 at Mizonokuchi.

  2. 1940

    Vase is dated About 1940 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  3. 1950

    Teabowl is dated About 1950-about 1970 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago.

  4. 1960

    砂糖黍文徳利|Bottle with Sugar Cane, dated 1960, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art.

  5. 1960

    砂糖黍文徳利|Bottle with Sugar Cane (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

  6. 1978

    Shōji Hamada died in 1978 at Mashiko.

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Places

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  • Mizonokuchi

    Birth place

  • Mashiko

    Death place

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1900 to 1960.

Catalogue of exhibition of pottery. The works of Shoji Hamada, 1921-1969.

  • 砂糖黍文徳利|Bottle with Sugar Cane

    1960 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Bottle Vase With Wax-Resistant Design of Grasses & Flowers on Both Sides

    Vanderbilt Museum of Art

  • The retrospective exhibition of Shôji Hamada

  • Kama ni makasete

  • Okinawa no tōki

  • Hamada Shōji shichijūshichi wanbu

  • Ningen kokuhō Hamada Shōji ten

  • Shoji Hamada

  • Hamada Shōji ten

  • Jisen Hamada Shōji tōkishū

  • Me to te

  • Mujinzō

The complete catalogue · 23

  • 砂糖黍文徳利|Bottle with Sugar Cane

    1960 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

  • Bottle Vase With Wax-Resistant Design of Grasses & Flowers on Both Sides

    Vanderbilt Museum of Art

  • The retrospective exhibition of Shôji Hamada

  • Kama ni makasete

  • Okinawa no tōki

  • Hamada Shōji shichijūshichi wanbu

  • Ningen kokuhō Hamada Shōji ten

  • Shoji Hamada

  • Hamada Shōji ten

  • Jisen Hamada Shōji tōkishū

  • Me to te

  • Mujinzō

  • The quiet eye

  • Hamada Shōji

  • Teabowl, dated About 1950-about 1970, glazed stoneware

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Incense box, dated n.d, stoneware

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Vase, dated About 1940, stoneware

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Water Jar (Mizusashi), dated 1960s, salt-glazed stoneware

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Press-Moulded Vase, dated 1950s, glazed stoneware

    The Art Institute of Chicago

  • Rectangular Bottle Vase, dated mid- to late 1900s, stoneware with celadon, copper green, and black iron (temmoku) glazes and resist decoration in two panels

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Plate, dated mid- to late 1900s, stoneware with black iron (temmoku) glaze and poured persimmon (kaki) decoration

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Hexagonal Vase, dated mid- to late 1900s, stoneware with black iron (temmoku) glaze trailing over a white ash (nuka) glaze; interior black iron (temmoku) glaze

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

  • Box (base), dated mid-1900s, stoneware with brown iron oxide, celadon glazes, and resist grid pattern decoration

    The Cleveland Museum of Art

Literature

Literature

Hamada Shōji, Kitaōji Rosanjin, and the Reception of Japanese Pottery in the Early Cold War United States, Design and Culture, 2017.

  • Hamada, Shōji, Oxford Art Online, 2003

Literature

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Shōji Hamada studied at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Hibiya High School.

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Shōji Hamada received Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit.

  • Recognition and collections

  • Work by Shōji Hamada is

    Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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