Japanese Ceramic Pottery Marks
His saké ware is stamped around the footring with the same character.
Japanese ceramic pottery marks. 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. 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. Unless you re familiar with the japanese language identifying japanese pottery and porcelain marks can be a daunting task.
Japanese porcelain marks. This is a work in progress. The wooden presentation box is also signed ko and holds his name stamp. Japanese porcelain marks backstamps.
The old japanese ceramic industry was in many ways smaller in scale compared to the chinese. Personal signatures by the artists involved are quite common.