Shoji Hamada was born in Tokyo in the late 19th century and graduated from Tokyo Industrial College where he studied ceramics. Hamada was so fascinated by one of Bernard Leach's exhibitions in Tokyo that he wrote to him and soon after the two became close acquaintances. Hamada tagged along with Leach back to St. Ives where he spent three years working with him and after, returned to Japan where he established his workshop in Mashiko which became known as a world-renowned pottery center. In 1955 the Japanese government deemed him a "living national treasure.
I chose this piece because I found the design incredibly unique and like how the sides have a rectangular-like shape and taper up to the rim where the shape becomes polygonic.
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