Bernard Leach

Bernard Howell Leach, CH CBE (5 ga Janairu 1887 - 6 ga Mayu 1979) malamin tukwane ne na Burtaniya kuma malamin fasaha.  Ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin "Uban tukwane na studio na Burtaniya". 

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 Shekarun farko (Japan) 
An haifi Leach a Hong Kong . Cortazzi, Hugh. "Review of Emmanuel Cooper's Bernard Leach Life & Work , japansociety.org.uk; accessed 16 June 2015. Mahaifiyarsa Eleanor (née Sharp) ta mutu a lokacin haihuwa. Ya yi shekaru uku na farko a Japan tare da mahaifinsa, Andrew Leach, har sai da ya koma Hong Kong a shekarar 1890.

Leach ya halarci Makarantar Fasaha ta Slade da Makarantar Fasaha ta London, inda ya yi karatun zane a ƙarƙashin Frank Brangwyn .  Yana karanta littattafai na Lafcadio Hearn, ya fara sha'awar Japan. A shekara ta 1909 ya koma Japan tare da matarsa Muriel (née Hoyle) da nufin koyar da zane. Satomi Ton, Kojima Kikuo, da kuma daga baya Ryūsei Kishida su ne ɗalibansa.
A Tokyo, ya gabatar da jawabai kuma ya halarci tarurruka tare da Mushanoji Saneatsu, Shiga Naoya, Yanagi Sōetsu da wasu daga " Shirakaba -Group", Shirakaba ="The Birch" () was an influential cultural magazine at that time. waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin gabatar da fasahar yamma ga Japan bayan shekaru 250 na keɓewa. A kusan 1911 ya halarci liyafar tukwane ta Raku-yaki wadda ita ce gabatarwarsa ta farko ga tukwane, kuma ta hanyar gabatarwa daga Ishii Hakutei, ya fara karatu a ƙarƙashin Urano Shigekichi(1851–1923), wanda ya tsaya a matsayin Kenzan na 6 a al'adar mai ginin tukwane Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743). Mai taimakawa a matsayin mai fassara kalmomin fasaha shine mai ginin tukwane Tomimoto Kenkichi, wanda ya riga ya haɗu da shi a baya. Tun daga wannan lokacin Leach ya rubuta labarai ga Shirakaba.

A shekarar 1913 ya kuma tsara murfin Shirakaba da Fyūzan . [Sub 1] Tun bayan da masanin falsafa kuma masanin fasaha na Prussia Alfred Westharp ya jawo hankalin Leach, wanda a lokacin yake zaune a Peking, ya ƙaura zuwa Peking a shekarar 1915. A can ya ɗauki sunan李奇聞(don "Leach"), amma ya koma Japan a shekara mai zuwa. A shekarar 1919 ne, lokacin da matashi Hamada Shōji ya ziyarci Leach a karon farko. Leach ya sami tukunya daga Kenzan ya gina shi a lambun Yanagi ya kuma kira shi Tōmon-gama . Yanzu da ya zama mai tukwane, ya yanke shawarar ƙaura zuwa Ingila .

A shekarar 1920, kafin ya tafi, ya yi wani baje koli a Osaka, inda ya haɗu da mai yin tukwane Kawai Kanjirō . A Tokyo, an shirya baje kolin bankwana.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1979