Biography
Leach was born in Hong Kong and brought up in the Far East. His father, Andew, was a colonial judge in Hong Kong and his maternal grandparents, Edmund and Elizabeth Sharp, were missionaries in Japan. As a young man he studied etching at the London School of Art before settling in Japan where he became fascinated with pottery and studied under the great master Kenzan.
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