Japanese Ceramic Makers Marks

Non marked pieces are called non kamajirushi.

Japanese ceramic makers marks.

The old japanese ceramic industry was in many ways smaller in scale compared to the chinese. Japanese porcelain maker s marks signatures. Turn the pottery piece over to view the maker s mark. List of japanese porcelain maker s marks and signatures on antique modern japanese porcelain.

To show your appreciation for this site and help me avoid becoming homeless please donate. In the meiji period this brand name was used by several arita porcelain makers such as fukagawa porcelain as well as other products of the. Unless you re familiar with the japanese language identifying japanese pottery and porcelain marks can be a daunting task. Marks may also be found on the side or the lip of the piece.

From 1921 1941 wares from japan exported to the united states had to be marked japan or made in japan. Marks was also applied for different reasons that on the chinese porcelain. Almost all japanese pottery items bear an incision or mark made by the craftsman although some makers did not mark the item so that the pottery itself was their signature. I am in a financial crisis and i need your help.

Japanese porcelain marks. Hidden within the kanji the characters on the bottom of the piece you will typically find the production region a specific kiln location a potter s name and sometimes a separate decorator s identity but at times only generic terms were recorded and tracking down.