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Mashiko Ware: Characteristics

Mashiko Ware centers on the concept of “Functional Beauty”

It is said that Mashiko Ware began at the end of the Edo Era when Keisaburo Otsuka, who trained in Kasama, built a kiln. From that point onwards, because of the area’s yield of excellent kaolin and the fact that the large metropolis of Tokyo [...]

Hamada Shoji (1894-1978)
Hamada was a ceramicist who advocated the folk arts movement. He once wrote, “I found my way in Kyoto, began in Great Britain, learned in Okinawa and graduated in Mashiko”.
In 1955, he was designated as the first Living National Treasure, and in 1968, he was awarded with Japan’s Order of Culture.

Shimaoka Tatsuzo (1919-2007)
Shimaoka [...]

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