Handmade in Japan
Mingei Pottery
Season 1 Episode 3 of 3
A look at the work of the Hamadas, one of Japan's most famous families of potters, following Tomoo as he creates and fires pots in a wood-fuelled kiln. Also, learning how Tomoo played a vital role in saving the town of Mashiko as a pottery centre after many of its kilns were destroyed in the 2011 earthquake
Handmade in Japan airs on BBC Four HD at 7:30 PM, Wednesday 20 August. (Subtitles, finale, series, audio description.)
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General
Ben Harding
Producer
Matthew Springford
Series Producer
Richard Bright
Executive Producer