Japanese Ceramics Marks

We also find a different attitude towards what marks that are put on the japanese.

Japanese ceramics marks.

Some pottery schools in japan date back to the 12th century and there are six primary regions or kilns of pottery schools in japan bizen shigaraki seto echizen tamba and tokoname. Tashiro 田代 yokohama japan late meiji early taisho tashiro 田代 yokohama japan late meiji early taisho. Kamada kōji s tea ceremony bowls and larger works are signed with the kanji character for ko the first in his given name. The japanese porcelain maker s marks signatures listed below are currently not in any specific order or categorized by maker artist period or style etc.

Personal signatures by the artists involved are quite common. The old japanese ceramic industry was in many ways smaller in scale compared to the chinese. The wooden presentation box is also signed ko and holds his name stamp. Japanese porcelain marks backstamps.

The six main schools. Unless you re familiar with the japanese language identifying japanese pottery and porcelain marks can be a daunting task. 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. I will share what i learn about the kilns history terminology potters decorators styles and marks.

This is a work in progress. Japanese porcelain marks. Modern japanese pottery and porcelain marks 窯印 it always amazes me what miracles can happen with a lump of clay in just the right hands you are invited to come along with me as i learn about japanese ceramics. Thereafter he amassed displays at every exhibition and repeatedly amassed various awards such as the japan kogei association s presidential prize in 1971 the japan ceramic art exhibition s top prize in 1973 the 1974 japan ceramics society prize the 1975 japan traditional kogei exhibition nhk members prize the 1986 fujiwara kei memorial.