Totaro Sakuma (1900 -1976) Work
An exquisite display plate by Totaro Sakuma (1900 -1976) featuring a blossoming plum tree with persimmon khaki and iron brushwork. Sakuma was mentored by Living National Treasure, Shoji Hamada (1894 - 1977) and was one of the leading Mashiko potters in the Mingei movement. He learned to use the glazes that Hamada had perfected with Bernard Leach whilst in St Ives, England. His quiet and reserved work gained him significant notoriety in Japan but he is still little known in the West.
Photograph showing Totaro Sakuma, Shoji Hamada and Shimaoka Tatsuzo having dinner in Mashiko, C1950.
There is a wonderful article on Sakuma by Robert Yellin that can be read here.
A similarly decorated piece can be found in the collection of of the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan.
A particular beautiful example of his work. Accompanied with the original signed box.
28cm diameter.
C1945, Japan.
London collection or worldwide shipping available on all items. Please email beforehand for a quote, or select pick up at checkout.
An exquisite display plate by Totaro Sakuma (1900 -1976) featuring a blossoming plum tree with persimmon khaki and iron brushwork. Sakuma was mentored by Living National Treasure, Shoji Hamada (1894 - 1977) and was one of the leading Mashiko potters in the Mingei movement. He learned to use the glazes that Hamada had perfected with Bernard Leach whilst in St Ives, England. His quiet and reserved work gained him significant notoriety in Japan but he is still little known in the West.
Photograph showing Totaro Sakuma, Shoji Hamada and Shimaoka Tatsuzo having dinner in Mashiko, C1950.
There is a wonderful article on Sakuma by Robert Yellin that can be read here.
A similarly decorated piece can be found in the collection of of the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan.
A particular beautiful example of his work. Accompanied with the original signed box.
28cm diameter.
C1945, Japan.
London collection or worldwide shipping available on all items. Please email beforehand for a quote, or select pick up at checkout.
An exquisite display plate by Totaro Sakuma (1900 -1976) featuring a blossoming plum tree with persimmon khaki and iron brushwork. Sakuma was mentored by Living National Treasure, Shoji Hamada (1894 - 1977) and was one of the leading Mashiko potters in the Mingei movement. He learned to use the glazes that Hamada had perfected with Bernard Leach whilst in St Ives, England. His quiet and reserved work gained him significant notoriety in Japan but he is still little known in the West.
Photograph showing Totaro Sakuma, Shoji Hamada and Shimaoka Tatsuzo having dinner in Mashiko, C1950.
There is a wonderful article on Sakuma by Robert Yellin that can be read here.
A similarly decorated piece can be found in the collection of of the Mashiko Museum of Ceramic Art, Japan.
A particular beautiful example of his work. Accompanied with the original signed box.
28cm diameter.
C1945, Japan.
London collection or worldwide shipping available on all items. Please email beforehand for a quote, or select pick up at checkout.