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Mingei Pottery

Episode 3 of 3

Series celebrating Japanese crafts. The Hamadas are a famous family of potters, and we see Tomoo at work, shaping his pots and firing them in a wood-fuelled kiln.

The final episode features one of Japan's most famous family of potters - the Hamadas. Shoji Hamada was a major figure in the Mingei folk art movement of the 1920s and '30s and helped turn the town of Mashiko into a major centre of ceramics, famous for its thick and rustic pottery. He also spent time in Britain where he taught renowned St Ives potter Bernard Leach the art of Japanese pottery.

Today, his grandson Tomoo Hamada continues the family tradition and this film follows him at work, painstakingly shaping his pots and firing them in an old-style wood-fuelled kiln. We also hear how Tomoo played a vital role in saving Mashiko as a pottery centre after many of its kilns were destroyed in the 2011 earthquake.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 7 Sep 2024 15:05

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Credits

Role Contributor
Producer Ben Harding
Series Producer Matthew Springford
Executive Producer Richard Bright

Broadcasts

  • Mon 26 Jun 2017 22:00
  • Tue 27 Jun 2017 02:30
  • Sun 2 Jul 2017 20:00
  • Wed 27 Mar 2019 19:30
  • Wed 15 Apr 2020 19:30
  • Wed 7 Jul 2021 23:10
  • Sun 16 Apr 2023 21:05
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  • Fri 21 Apr 2023 06:00
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  • Sat 22 Apr 2023 15:05
  • Wed 26 Apr 2023 19:30
  • Sun 1 Sep 2024 22:00
  • Mon 2 Sep 2024 03:30
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  • Mon 2 Sep 2024 18:05
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  • Fri 6 Sep 2024 06:00
  • Fri 6 Sep 2024 13:00
  • Sat 7 Sep 2024 07:00
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