22526 Living National Treasure HAMADA Shoji (Raku ware box)

Height: 8.0cm

Diameter 7.5cm

He studied the basics of pottery under Itaya Hazan, a leading figure in the modern Japanese pottery world, and devoted himself to researching glazes with Kawai Kanjiro, a master of folk art. This is an extremely rare late work by Hamada Shoji, a Living National Treasure who has been a world-renowned potter who has elevated Mashiko ware, famous for its folk art, to the pinnacle of the artistic field and still has collectors all over the world.