id: 161468 accession number: 2000.143 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.143 updated: 2024-04-23 20:13:09.919000 Plate, c. 1955. Hamada Shōji (Japanese, 1894–1978). Stoneware with black iron (temmoku) glaze and poured persimmon (kaki) decoration; diameter: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of T. Dixon Long 2000.143 title: Plate title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1955 creation date earliest: 1945 creation date latest: 1955 current location: creditline: Gift of T. Dixon Long copyright: --- culture: Japan, Shōwa period (1926–89) technique: stoneware with black iron (temmoku) glaze and poured persimmon (kaki) decoration department: Japanese Art collection: Japanese Art type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Hamada Shōji (Japanese, 1894–1978) - artist Hamada studied under Itaya Hazan (1872-1963) at the ceramics department of Tokyo Technical College from 1913-16 and subsequently worked at the Kyoto Ceramics Research Institute. He founded the Japan Folk Art Association (Nihon Mingei Kyōkai) with Yanagi Sōetsu and Kawai Kanijrō and was designated a Living National Treasure in 1955 for his mingei wares. He not only impacted the development of domestic ceramics but also influenced potters in Europe and the United States due to his association and travels with Bernard Leach (1887-1979), a well-known British potter. The vast majority of Mashiko kilns imitate his work. He was known for not signing his pieces. Famous glazes include an iron black (temmoku), a gray rice-husk ash (nuka) and a reddish-brown iron oxide (persimmon, kaki). --- measurements: Diameter: 27.3 cm (10 3/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES