# Shōji Hamada (@hamada-shoji)

Shōji Hamada (濱田 庄司, Hamada Shōji; December 9, 1894 – January 5, 1978) was a Japanese potter. He had a significant influence on studio pottery of the twentieth century, and a major figure of the mingei (folk-art) movement, establishing the town of Mashiko as a pottery centre.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Shōji Hamada's public record._

## Topics

- [Evidence and Limits](/@hamada-shoji/evidence-and-limits.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Documented Work](/@hamada-shoji/documented-work.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Field and Context](/@hamada-shoji/field-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://id.loc.gov/search/?q=Sh%C5%8Dji%20Hamada&q=cs%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fid.loc.gov%2Fauthorities%2Fnames
- blog: https://search.worldcat.org/search?q=Sh%C5%8Dji%20Hamada
- blog: https://www.si.edu/search?edan_q=Sh%C5%8Dji%20Hamada

## Ask this twin

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```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "hamada-shoji", "question": "…"}`.