{"product_id":"hamada-shoji-kakiyu-nukie-vase-sold","title":"Hamada Shoji — Kakiyu Nukie Vase (Sold)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis piece has found its home.\u003c\/strong\u003e It is kept here as a record of what has passed through our hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA vase in the warm persimmon \u003cem\u003ekaki-yu\u003c\/em\u003e glaze with bold wax-resist (\u003cem\u003enuki-e\u003c\/em\u003e) brushwork by Hamada Shoji (1894–1978) — central figure of the \u003cem\u003eMingei\u003c\/em\u003e (folk-craft) movement and, in 1955, the \u003cstrong\u003efirst person from the crafts field\u003c\/strong\u003e to be designated a Living National Treasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHamada made the town of Mashiko known around the world, working with local clays and glazes and famously refusing to sign his pots — believing the work should stand on its own beauty, not a name. In 1920 he travelled to England with Bernard Leach and together they founded the Leach Pottery at St Ives, a founding moment of Western studio pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis work is held by the Victoria \u0026amp; Albert Museum, the Museum of Oriental Ceramics in Osaka, the Saint Louis Art Museum, and his own Mashiko Sankokan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold — no longer available.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hamada Shoji","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49037025181931,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/4757\/3995\/files\/01_jpg_21ae50c7-c9a6-4103-a5bd-8cfb97ba9164.jpg?v=1783695661","url":"https:\/\/sumo-fujiyama.com\/products\/hamada-shoji-kakiyu-nukie-vase-sold","provider":"Sumo Fujiyama","version":"1.0","type":"link"}