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Large jar

ca. 1950

Japanese, 1894-1978

Hamada Shoji was the most influential of the so-called mingei or "folkcraft" potters of the 20th century. The mingei movement recognized visual and spiritual beauty in the functional objects of the nameless potter. Japanese folkcraft pottery experienced a boom in the 1950s and 1960s, when Shoji acquired substantial fame as the embodiment of the "unknown craftsman."

Stoneware with double glaze and trailed iron glaze

Overall h.: 9 3/8 in.

maximum: 8 7/8 in.

neck: 4 3/8 in.

Gift of Marya W. Wright in memory of Arthur F. Wright

99.12

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Textures of Daily Life: Art from Japan,
July 9 - Oct. 21, 2003.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Exceptionally Ordinary: Mingei 1920–2020, Dec. 14, 2019 - Sept. 6, 2021.

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