HAMADA, Shoji, and Bernard LEACH [ preface ]. The Works of Shoji Hamada 1921-1969.

HAMADA, Shoji, and Bernard LEACH [ preface ]. The Works of Shoji Hamada 1921-1969.HAMADA, Shoji, and Bernard LEACH [preface]. The Works of Shoji Hamada 1921 1969. [Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun. 1969]. Large 4to. Original cloth backed boards, lettered in Japanese; original clear acetate wrappers; linen covered drop back box with printed title label to front, housed in the original cardboard box with printed title label to lid; pp. [2], xiv, 19, [4], [2], 127 colour illustrations on 98 plates with captions on verso, one black and white

HAMADA, Shoji, and Bernard LEACH [preface]. The Works of Shoji Hamada 1921-1969. [Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun. 1969].

Large 4to. Original cloth-backed boards, lettered in Japanese; original clear acetate wrappers; linen-covered drop-back box with printed title-label to front, housed in the original cardboard box with printed title-label to lid; pp. [2], xiv, 19, [4], [2], 127 colour illustrations on 98 plates with captions on verso, one black-and white portrait of the artist; only the cardboard box and to a far lesser degree the drop-back box with one bumped corner; otherwise fine.

First edition, text in Japanese and English, of this lavishly produced monograph on the the legendary Japanese ceramicist, prefaced by his pupil, book design by Hiromu Hara. In 1920 Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada founded the Leach Pottery, St Ives, the birthplace of British studio pottery. This book showcases specimens of Hamada's work from 1921 to to 1969.

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