Born in Kumamoto Prefecture, Hamada entered the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1934 to study in the western-style painting division with Fujishima Takeji (1865-1943). Upon graduation in 1939 he served in the army and was sent to China. Discharged in 1944 he changed his name from Takada to Hamada and, in 1948, became a member of the Bijutsu Bunka Kyokai, an artists' society. The following year he joined another group, the Free Artists' Association, and exhibited with this organization regularly thereafter.

In 1949 along with Sekino Junichiro (1914-1988) and Komai Tetsuro (1920-1976) he started the Japan Print Association and the following year he showed prints based upon his experiences in the war. He worked on this series of war-related pieces for two decades.

In 1953 Hamada exhibited in the Sao Paulo International Art Exhibition and, in 1957 in the 2nd Japanese Modern Art exhibition in Tokyo, he won an award. The same year he received another prize for his war theme work at the 4th International Print Exhibition in Lugano, Switzerland. He also showed in the Tokyo International Print Biennial.

In 1957 he returned home to Kumamoto, traveled in Europe in 1964 and, in 1965, became an honorable member of the Florence Art Academy's Print department.

Characteristic of Hamada's work, the print offered here is a humorous critique of society and politics.