# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shoji-hamada
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:10:30.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shoji-hamada"
name: "Shōji Hamada"
slug: "shoji-hamada"
description: "Shōji Hamada  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. In 1955 he was designated a \"Living National Treasure\"."
tagline: "Japanese Mashiko ware Potter (1894-1978)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1894-12-09"
deathDate: "1978-01-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.851305333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BF%B1%E7%94%B0%E5%BA%84%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "濱田庄司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada"
    title: "Shōji Hamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamada_Sh%C5%8Dji"
    title: "Hamada Shōji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada"
    title: "Shōji Hamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada"
    title: "Shōji Hamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada"
    title: "Shōji Hamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada"
    title: "Shōji Hamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada"
    title: "Shōji Hamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%BF%B1%E7%94%B0%E5%BA%84%E5%8F%B8"
    title: "濱田庄司"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_Hamada"
    title: "Shōji Hamada"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3090171"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump