Japan Marks - Matsumura

Japan Marks - Matsumura

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MATSUMURA (松村) of AICHI-KEN, NAGOYA
MATSUMURA YAJIRO (松村次郎)
MATSUMURA KUSUKE
MATSUMURA KUSUKE HACHIJIRO (松村八次郎) aka HACHIKU
KAIYOSHA [開洋社] (1878-1885)
MATSUMURA KOSHITSU TOKI KAISHA est 1890
MATSUMURA TOKI GOMEI KAISHA
MATSUMURA CHINA COMPANY
MATSUMURA & COMPANY
MATSUMURA COMPANY
MATSUMURA SHOTEN

Matsumura Hachijiro also known as Kusuke was a major artist at Tashiroya owned by Ichiroji Tashiro. Hachijiro created and patented Hinomoto-yaki Porcelain. Hinomoto-yaki Patent 2797 is found on eggshell porcelain fancy ware and a fine Pedestal Tea Set is shown below.

The trade mark of Tashiroya contains the kanji characters 松 Matsu and may represent the name Matsumura.

1903 Advertisement for
Tashiroya

TRADEMARK
MANUFACTURER AND PORCELAIN DEALER
No. 40, Bentendor Nichome, Yokohama
BRANCH STORES:
Nanamagaricho, Sanchome, NAGOYA.
Kanocho Shichome, KOBE.
Patented
Hinomoto-yaki and Ishime-yaki Porcelains.
PORCELAIN from Nagoya, Mino, Aizu, Banko, Tokonabe,
Soma and other Porcelain Districts.
All Visitors will receive a cordial welcome.
Orders for Porcelain promptly executed.
Goods packed & shipped to all parts of the world
& delivery guaranteed.

1904 Advertisement for
Tashiroya
Porcelain Store,
WHOLESALE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER,
No. 40, Nichome Benten-dori, Yokohama.
BRANCH STORES:
Nanamagari-cho, Nagoya.....Shichome, Kano-cho, Kobe.
Patented Hinomoto-Yaki and Ishime-Yaki Porcelains.
PORCELAINS from Nagoya, Mino, Aizu, Banko,
Tokonabe, Soma and other Porcelains.
All Visitors will receive a cordial welcome.
Orders for Porcelain promptly executed.
Goods packed & shipped to all parts of the world
and delivery guaranteed.

Circa 1886 Japan Patent 2797 Hinomoto-yaki Porcelain
Eggshell Pedestal Tea Pot, Sugar Bowl, Creamer & Demitasse

PATENT 2797 HINOMOTO-YAKI 日之本焼 TRADE MARK

九
TRADE MARK OF MATSUMURA HACHIJIRO (KUSUKE) (HACHIKU)

TRADE MARK AS IS WITH KANJI IN REVERSE		TRADE MARK WITH KANJI CORRECTED
PATENT ● 号七九七ニ第許特 ● 九焼本之日問?石谷 ?????明 HINOMOTO YAKI	特許 = PATENT ニ七九七 = 2797 日之本焼 = HINOMOTO-YAKI	PATENT ● 特許第ニ七九七号 ● 九日之本焼谷石?問明????? HINOMOTO YAKI

JAPAN PATENT 2797
Patent Holder: Matsumura Hachijiro (Kusuke)
Patent Date: 1886 August 10


PATENT 2797 Page 1	PATENT 2797 Page 2

1922 TRADE MARK

1922 Advertisement
MATSUMURA KOSHITSU TOKI KAISHA
Established 1890
THE IRONSTONE CHINA
Head Office: Nagoya, Japan

KAIYOSHA (開洋社)
var. KAIYO-SHA, KAIYO COMPANY

Based on information found at the Modern Ceramics Historical Museum and Study Group of Modern Ceramics, Matsumura Kusuke established the pottery wholesale company Kaiyosha (開洋社) in Nagoya with several other ceramic artists in the year 1878 for the purpose of exporting porcelain overseas. The Kaiyosha was dissolved in 1885.

Based on this information, cloisonne porcelain wares signed Kaiyosha date between 1878 to 1885 and were made by Matsumura Kusuke or under his supervision. There were many notable artists who decorated cloisonne porcelain for the Kaiyosha. Signature marks provided below under Kaiyosha.

The company Kaiyosha made cloisonne porcelain ware for the Nagoya Shippo Kaisha. Some wares are marked with Kaiyosha and Shippo Kaisha signatures. Some wares are marked with Kaiyosha and Hichozan signatures. Some wares are marked with Kaiyosha. Some Kaiyosha signatures include the name Takeuchi for Takeuchi Chiubei (Chubei). Some signatures include Dai Nihon or Nihon.

1878-1885 Meiji era Japanese Silver Wire Cloisonne Porcelain Gourd Vase
made by the famous artist Matsumura Kusuke (Hachijiro)
signed Nihon Kaiyosha (日本開洋社)

SIGNATURES FOR KAIYOSHA

[RED SEAL] DAI NIHON SEI ZOU SHIPPO KAISHA (大日本製造 - 七寶會社)
GREAT JAPAN MANUFACTURER CLOISONNE COMPANY
[RED] DAI NIHON KAIYOSHA SEI ZOU (大日本 - 開洋社 - 製造)
GREAT JAPAN KAIYO COMPANY MANUFACTURER
Note: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum notes Kaiyosha dates from Pre-Meiji to Mid-Meiji
Made under the company Kaiyosha established by Matsumura Kusuke.
Dating: 1878-1885

GREAT JAPAN KAIYO COMPANY MASTER TAKEUCHI (CHIUBEI)
DAI NIHON KAIYOSHA YUJIN TAKEUCHI
(大日本 - 開洋社 - ユ人 - 竹内)
Note: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum notes Kaiyosha dates from Pre-Meiji to Mid-Meiji.
Made under the company Kaiyosha established by Matsumura Kusuke.
Dating 1878-1885

[RED] GREAT JAPAN KAIYO COMPANY MASTER [CHUBEI] TAKEUCHI
DAI NIHON KAIYOSHA YUJIN TAKEUCHI
(大日本 - 開洋社 - ユ人 - 竹内)
[BLUE] SETO [AICHI] MASUKICHI KAWAMOTO MADE
SETO [AICHI] KAWAMOTO MASUKICHI SEI
(瀬戸 - 川本桝吉 - 製)
Note: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum notes Kaiyosha dates from Pre-Meiji to Mid-Meiji.
Made under the company Kaiyosha established by Matsumura Kusuke.
Dating 1878-1885

[RED] KAIYOSHA SEI ZO YUJIN TAKEUCHI (開洋社 - 製造 - ユ人 - 竹内)
KAIYO COMPANY MANUFACTURER MASTER TAKEUCHI
[BLUE] DAI NIHON HICHOZAN SHINPO ZO (大日本 - 肥蝶山 - 信甫 - 造)
GREAT JAPAN HICHOZAN SHINPO MADE
Two signature marks found on Nagoya Shippo ware.
Note: Kanagawa Prefectural Museum notes Kaiyosha dates from Pre-Meiji to Mid-Meiji.
Made under the company Kaiyosha established by Matsumura Kusuke.
Dating 1878-1885

SIGNATURES & BACKSTAMPS OF MATSUMURA

九
HACHI-KU SIGNATURE FOR MATSUMURA HACHIJIRO (KUSUKE)

The artist Matsumura Hachijiro sometimes signed his pieces Hachiku that appeared as a double roof top or double mountain top with the kanji character 九 below.

Two signatures mark -

Signature in red on right -
田代造
Tashiro zo
Tashiro (Ichiroji) (Shoten) Made

Signature in blue on left -
八九松村造
Hachi-ku (var. Hachiku) Matsumura zo
Hachi-ku Matsumura Made

This signature mark most likely belongs to Matsumura Hachijiro who was adopted by Matsumura Kusuke (var. Kyusuke) and continued the family ceramist line of artists under the name Matsumura Kusuke.

Here in this signature mark, Hachi-ku is a contraction for two artist names:
八 = Hachi, for Hachijiro [八次郎]
九 = Ku, for Kusuke [松村九助]

This signature mark was most likely used to differentiate Hachijiro from his adoptive father Kusuke.

Matsumura Hachijiro signed his porcelain wares Hachiku (八九) and were made around 1886 Meiji era. The hachi appears like a double roof or mountain top symbol with the character 九 below.

Confirmation found on another signature by Matsumura Hachijiro with his Japan patent number 2797. The patent 2797 shows Matsumura Hachijiro as the patent holder and date 1886 August 10.

These signatures were found on porcelain ware made by Matsumura and sold by Tashiro Shoten (Tashiro Company).

Matsumura Kusuke (Hachijiro) is a notable ceramic artist who was adopted into the Matsumura Family of ceramic artists who are famous for their porcelain and hand painting with a heritage going back to the 16thC to Maruyama Painting School.



			春
			Shun

Based on information found at http://www.arakishuseikan.ecweb.jp/20100507.html I am updating my previous notation on the impressed mark Shunka (春花) and noting this is the trade mark signature of the Seto artist Kato Shunka (加藤春花) who marked his wares (春花) inside an oval. He was born around 1850 in Seto and later lived in Tokyo when he became a famous artist during the Meiji era. Resouces state he was the first child of Tokusaburo Masanobu. Based on these wares, Kato Shunka was an artist for Matsumura and Tashiro.



春花	松村愛知
(Kato) Shunka	Matsumura Aichi zo

Two signatures mark -

Impressed mark -
春花
(Kato) Shunka
Written signature in red -
松村愛知造
Matsumura Aichi zo
Aichi-ken name established in 1872.


	春花	田代
	(Kato) Shunka	Tashiro

Two signatures mark -

Impressed mark -
春花
(Kato) Shunka

Written signature in red -
田代
Tashiro (Ichiroji) (Shoten)

The impressed mark Shunka (春花) belongs to the artist Kato Shunka (加藤春花).

These signatures were found on seiji (celadon) porcelain ware made and decorated by Kato Shunka and sold by Tashiro Shoten (Tashiro Company).

Dai Nihon Aichi-ken Matsumura Sei
大日本愛知縣松村製

Aichi Matsumura zo
愛知松村造

Dai Nihon Matsumura zo
大日本松村造

Matsumura zo
松村造

Aichi-ken Matsumura zo
愛知縣松村造

Aichi=ken Matsumura sei
愛知縣松村製

BACKSTAMPS OF MATSUMURA

THE IRONSTONE CHINA
MATSUMURA & CO.
MADE IN JAPAN

References

KUSUKE MATSUMURA aka KYOSUKE aka KU (HACHIJIRO)

The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893, Moses Handy, 1893 - Japan, Group 87, #505, Kusuke Matsumura, Nagoya, Porcelain candlestick.

Who's Who in Japan, Shunjiro Kurita, 1936 - Kusuke Matsumura, Grad. Pottery Course, Tokyo Higher Technical School, 1891; stayed in Europe for study, 1900-1902. Career: invented the method of producing hard china- ware, Dec. 1902; President of Nagoya Porcelain Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Address: 2/5 Kitaba- take, Chigusa-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya. Phone: Higashi 155.

Kyoto University Economic Review: Volumes 24-28, Kyoto Daigaku, Keizai Gakubu, 1954 - Name: Matsumura Porcelain Manufactory Producing, Category: Glazing and Firing, Business Location: Minami Takehira-cho, Personal Name: Kyusuke MATSUMURA, Inaugurated in: February, 1885.

Description of "the Brinkley collection" of antique Japanese, Chinese and Korean porcelain, pottery and faience, Frank
Brinkley, Edward Greey, 1885 -

Between the years 1596 and 1685, ten Japanese Keramists visited Korea, and there produced a number of pieces, most
of which were sent to Japan. The names of these potters were Oda Doki, Funahashi Genyetsu, Nakaniwa Mozo, Aoyagi Zenyemon, Nagatome Toyemon, Kokubu Risai, Matsumura Shunka, Nagano Doi, Miyagawa Doji, and Hirayama Ishun.

1893 - world columbian expo, KUSUKE MATSUMURA, nagoya, porcelain.

1893 - columbian expo, H. (HANSUKE) MATSUMURA was the pioneer in the manufacture of tablewares of hard faience.

HACHIJIRO MATSUMURA. Journal of Japanese Ceramic Association, 43 [509] 287-94 (1935).— An equipment for smoke prevention and complete combustion of coal-fired periodic kilns was invented by M. (Japan. Pat 110057). M. succeeded in reducing the smoke...

Japan Trade Guide Pub. Co., 1940 - Matsumura Koshitsu Toki Kaisha, Ltd., Chikusa, Nagoya. Ironstone china .est 1913.

Matsumura Koshitsu Toki Kabushiki kaisha (Matsumura Ironstone China Co.). (Hard Faience), in Chikusa, near Nagoya.

Matsumura Toki Gomei Kaisha (ceramics).

The Japan Biographical Encyclopedia & Who's Who, Rengo Puresu Sha, 1964 -

MATSUMURA HACHIJIRO ( ? -1937) & » Ceramist. The fifth son of Kichibe Nishiyama, a wine brewer in Hizen Province (Saga Prefecture). After completing Tokyo Polytechnic School (1891) was adopted by KYUSUKE MATSUMURA of Nagoya.

Ceramics: The Seto Ceramics SchooL, Yamashita, Eiichi, 1987 -

Among the others, MATSUMURA HACHIJIRO contributed greatly to the development of ceramics in the area around
Nagoya....The Seto Ceramics School constructed the first coal kiln in this region in 1902 with the use of a prefectural
subsidy of ￥800. Although this attempt attracted the interest of the townspeople who wondered "whether white ceramics could be fired with black coal," it was reported that repeatedly the results were failure. It was later in the same year that MATSUMURA HACHIJIRO in Nagoya invented a single kiln of the inverted flame type. Coal kilns began to spread
gradually in various regions at this time in consequence of the research conducted on them.

MATSUMURA SHOTEN - published books on works of art.

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