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Shoji Hamada was born on December 9, 1894 in Kanagawa, Japan.
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Shoji Hamada
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In 1916, graduated from the Tokyo Higher Technical School. Studied in England from 1920 until 1924.
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Hamada was deeply impressed by a Tokyo exhibition of ceramic art by Bernard Leach, who was then staying with Yanagi Sōetsu, and wrote to Leach seeking an introduction. The two found much in common and became good friends, so much so that Hamada asked and was granted permission to accompany Leach to England in 1920 when the latter decided to return and establish a pottery there.
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