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本日 NIPPON
(Var. NIHON, NIPPON, DAI NIHON, DAI NIPPON, GREAT JAPAN)
(IN PROGRESS)

Meiji era 1868-1912

Nippon era 1891-1921

Transitional Nippon era 1912-1921

Taisho era 1912-1926

Showa era 1926-1989
 
 
To qualify as NIPPON ware, the item is marked either in kanji characters 本日 (DAI NIHON) or 日 (NIHON) (NIPPON), or english words, NIPPON. Although some genuine Nippon ware are not marked, you must also consider the shape of each individual item. Nippon ware was made only in certain forms and you can find the same exact shape amongst the Nippon ware examples found in Patten books. Also another important factor is the hand painting style of Nippon ware. You can also match patterns found in the numerous Nippon ware found in Patten books. These are the only ways to distinguish wares that are unmarked.
 
 
There are fakes out there as noted in Joan Van Patten book's on Nippon ware, and they were made in other countries, such as, China and Germany, to resemble Nippon ware. Don't be fooled buyers, or a seller of fake Nippon ware, get educated, read and study Nippon ware. I highly recommend purchasing Patten books on Nippon ware.
 
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Also just because an item is stamp marked "NIPPON" doesn't necessarily means it was made during the Nippon era. Some wears bear the NIPPON stamp mark but based on their form and enamels they were made much later during the Taisho era (1912-1926) to early Showa period (1926-1945).
 
 
Some genuine Nippon stamp marks changed during the Taisho era and word NIPPON was omitted and JAPAN or MADE IN JAPAN added. These type of marks are referred to as Transitional Nippon (1912-1921) marks (see Transitional Nippon).
 
 
The BEST resource on Nippon Porcelain are the books written by Joan Van Patten. Her books are very informative and feature pictures of Nippon ware, descriptions on their forms and enamel decorations, and her famous Nippon Backstamp numbering system - her wealth of information has contributed greatly to the knowledge on Nippon ware and assisted collectors worldwide. There are currently seven books written by Patten on Nippon Porcelain and over 300 backstamps recorded in her books.
 
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The Patten Nippon Backstamp numbering system has become the standard methodology for referencing, recording and noting Nippon backstamps.
 
Transitional Nippon Cat Figures
 
 
There are many Nippon porcelain makers not featured in Patten's books. This webpage will bridge the gap between kanji signed (including katakana, seal script and ideograph) wares and back stamped wares.  There are many kanji marks featured in Patten's books and this webpage will translate and identify the manufacturers associated with their signatures and trade marks. 

This webpage will be under constant construction due to newly discovered information and its affect on what was known at a prior time when information was posted on this webpage.
 
 
NIPPON TRADE MARKS & BACKSTAMPS
 
BY MANUFACTURER
 
HYOCHIEN
TRADE MARK FOR HYOCHIEN
Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
瓢 = HYO FOR
HYOCHIEN
TRADE MARK FOR HYOCHIEN
Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		 瓢 = HYO FOR HYOCHIEN
TRADE MARK FOR HYOCHIEN
東亰 TOKYO
瓢池園製
HYOCHIEN SEI
Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		 春光製 = SHUNKO SEI
瓢池園 = HYOCHIEN

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		 瓢池園画 = HYOCHIEN GA
春光製 = SHUNKO SEI

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		 春光製 = SHUNKO SEI
瓢池園画 = HYOCHIEN GA

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		 瓢 = HYO FOR
HYOCHIEN
TRADE MARK FOR HYOCHIEN
Meiji Year 14 (1882)
3rd Month (March)
日本東亰 Nihon Tokyo
瓢池園製 Hyochien sei
曽我穂丸画
Soga Homaru ga
An artist from the famous Soga artist family of the Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
           
         
Tokyo Inoue Ryosai
東京井上良齋
瓢 = HYO FOR HYOCHIEN
TRADE MARK FOR HYOCHIEN

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR INOUE RYOSAI

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		          
 
 
IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA
Circa 1876-1912
   
  日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製 = IMURA SEI		 大日本 = DAI NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA

井村製 = IMURA SEI		 大日本 = DAI NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製 = IMURA SEI
? NOT TRANSLATED		  
         
日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製 = IMURA SEI		 日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA

井村製 = IMURA SEI
大日本 = DAI NIHON
井村製 = IMURA SEI		 日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製 = IMURA SEI
日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製造 = IMURA SEI ZO
 
 
INOUE (INOUYE) RYOSAI
大日本 = DAI NIHON
東京 = TOKYO
井上 = INOUE
良齋 = RYOSAI

TRADE MARK FOR INOUE RYOSAI FOUND ON SUMIDA YAKI.
Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		 大日本 = DAI NIHON
東京 = TOKYO
井上 = INOUE
良齋 = RYOSAI

 TRADE MARK FOR INOUE RYOSAI FOUND ON SUMIDA YAKI.
Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period		 TOKYO INOUE RYOSAI* HYOCHIEN
HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN PAINTING SHOP FOR INOUE RYOSAI
Two signature marks:
Impressed - Tokyo Inoue Ryosai (東京井上良齋)
Red - Hyo for Hyochien (瓢)
*Note: This is the signature mark for Inoue Ryosai.
 
 
KATO SHUNKO
SHUNKOU SHUNKO 春光
春光製
SHUNKO SEI		 春光製
SHUNKO SEI		 春光造
SHUNKO ZO		 春光製
SHUNKO SEI
昇山
SHOZAN

HAND PAINTED BY SHOZAN FOR KATO SHUNKO
MEIJI ERA		 昇山
SHOZAN
春光製
SHUNKO SEI

HAND PAINTED BY SHOZAN FOR KATO SHUNKO
MEIJI ERA		 春光製
SHUNKO SEI
瓢池園
HYOCHIEN

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO
MEIJI ERA		 瓢池園画
HYOCHIEN GA
春光製
SHUNKO SEI

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO
MEIJI ERA		 春光製
SHUNKO SEI
瓢池園画
HYOCHIEN GA

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO
MEIJI ERA		 春光
SHUNKO
 
 
KINRAN
 MFG UNKNOWN
PATENT HOLDER/INVENTOR - ALBAN L. ROCK
BEST KNOWN AS CORALENE DECORATION - GLASS BEADS
SIMILAR TO #242,243,244,245,246
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
MAGENTA
CORALENE DECORATION
持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一六一三七 = 16137
SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE

*Note: mark is not in Patten books		 NIPPON MARK #242
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
JAPAN
MAGENTA
CORALENE DECORATION
持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一六一三七 = 16137
SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE		 NIPPON MARK #243
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
専賣持許
出願中
第三八ニ五七號
MAGENTA
CORALENE DECORATION
専賣 = SPECIAL IDENTITY
特許 = PATENT
出願中 = PENDING
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
三八ニ五七 = 38257
SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE		 NIPPON MARK #244
KINRAN
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
JAPAN
MAGENTA
CORALENE DECORATION
持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一六一三七 = 16137
SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE		 NIPPON MARK #245
PATENT APPLIED FOR
NO 38257
専賣持許
出願中
第三八ニ五七號
MAGENTA
ORALENE DECORATION
専賣 = SPECIAL IDENTITY
特許 = PATENT
出願中 = PENDING
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
三八ニ五七 = 38257
SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
 NIPPON MARK #246
KINRAN
PATENT
NO. 16137
JAPAN
GREEN
CORALENE DECORATION
SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
 
 
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
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IGETA
三 SAN
TRADE MARK OF
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
BLACK
BLUE		 IGETA
三 SAN
TRADE MARK OF
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
FLOWERS?
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
BLUE		 IGETA
三 SAN
TRADE MARK OF
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
BLUE		 IGETA
三 SAN
TRADE MARK OF
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
HAND PAINTED
NAGOYA JAPAN
GREEN
 
 
NAGOYA SEITO / NAGOYA SEITOSHO
SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921		 NIPPON MARK #10
CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
RED & GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921		 SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921		 SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NAGOYA
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921		 SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
MEITO CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921		 NIPPON MARK #222
CROWN
N & Co.
NAGOYA
NIPPON
GREEN
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING 1891-1921
           
       
NIPPON MARK #7
JE - OH
CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
BLUE
TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING: 1891-1921		 NIPPON MARK #7
JE - OH
CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
GREEN
TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
DATING: 1891-1921		        
 
 
NAKASHIMA TOKI SHOKAI
SATSUMA KAMON
ROYAL SATSUMA
NIPPON
BLUE
TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
TO NAKASHIMA TOKI
Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga		 CHERRY BLOSSOMS
中島製
JAPAN
GREEN
中島製 = NAKASHIMA SEI
MADE BY NAKASHIMA
TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
TO NAKASHIMA TOKI
Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga		 NIPPON MARK #165
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
中島製
NIPPON
COBALT BLUE
中島製 = NAKASHIMA SEI
MADE BY NAKASHIMA
TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
TO NAKASHIMA TOKI
Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga

Found on Howo Phoenix ware		 SATSUMA KAMON
WREATH
NAKASHIMA TOKI
JAPAN
GREEN

Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga
 
 
NORITAKE
MORIMURA BROTHERS
 
NIPPON MARK #52
SIMILAR TO #115
MAPLE LEAF
NIPPON
Hand Painted
BLUE
PRE-NORITAKE
OLD NORITAKE
(KATO SHUNKO?)
c1875-1911

There are some Japanese experts who state the Maple Leaf was first used in 1891.		 NIPPON MARK #52
SIMILAR TO #115
MAPLE LEAF
NIPPON
Hand Painted
GREEN
PRE-NORITAKE
OLD NORITAKE
(KATO SHUNKO?)
c1875-1911

There are some Japanese experts who state the Maple Leaf was first used in 1891.		 NIPPON WARE FOUND WITH TWO BACKSTAMPS:
MAPLE LEAF NIPPON HAND PAINTED
AND
NORITAKE NIPPON (shown above)

NORITAKE NIPPON BACK STAMP WAS USED IN 1911 AND THEREFORE
THE MAPLE LEAF DATES BETWEEN C1875 TO 1911.		 SIMILR TO #114 & 115
困
BLUE
困 =  MARUKI
NORITAKE
1902

 WRITTEN IN TENSHO
SEAL SCRIPT
 
NIPPON MARK #81
RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED
BLUE
NORITAKE
1906		 NIPPON MARK #81
RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED
GREEN
NORITAKE
1906		 NIPPON MARK #81
RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED
GREEN
NORITAKE
1906		 NIPPON MARK #82
RC
NORITAKE
NIPPON
SIMILAR #226
NORITAKE
1906		 SIMILAR TO #93
NIPPON
COBALT BLUE
NORITAKE
1906

Found on Howo Phoenix ware		 NIPPON MARK #180
困
Hand Painted
NIPPON
BLUE
困 =  MARUKI
NORITAKE
1906

困 WRITTEN IN TENSHO
SEAL SCRIPT
 
NIPPON MARK #47
M WREATH
Hand Painted
NIPPON
BLUE
NORITAKE
1910-1911		 NIPPON MARK #47
M WREATH
Hand Painted
NIPPON
GREEN
NORITAKE
1910-1911		 NIPPON MARK #47
M WREATH
Hand Painted
NIPPON
MAGENTA
NORITAKE
1910-1911		 NIPPON MARK #68
NORITAKE
NIPPON
BLUE
NORITAKE
1911		 NIPPON MARK #68
NORITAKE
NIPPON
GREEN
NORITAKE
1911		 NIPPON MARK #80
RC - Royal Crockery
Hand Painted
Nippon
RED & GREEN
NORITAKE
1911
     
NIPPON MARK #225
YAJIROBE
日本陶器会社
RC
NORITAKE
NIPPON TOKI KAISHA
GREEN
日本陶器会社 =
NIHON TOKI KAISHA
RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
1912		 NIPPON MARK #225
YAJIROBE
日本陶器会社
RC
NORITAKE
NIPPON TOKI KAISHA
RED
日本陶器会社 =
NIHON TOKI KAISHA
RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
1912		 NIPPON MARK #203
M
WREATH
NORITAKE
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
RED & GREEN
NORITAKE
1914		 NIPPON MARK #202
M
WREATH
THE METZ
NORITAKE
NIPPON
RED & GREEN
NORITAKE
1914
     
NIPPON MARK #84
RISING SUN
Hand Painted
NIPPON
BLUE
NORITAKE
1916		 NIPPON MARK #84
RISING SUN
Hand Painted
NIPPON
GREEN
NORITAKE
1916		 NIPPON MARK #66
M WREATH
NORITAKE
NIPPON
GREEN
NORITAKE
1918		 NIPPON MARK #66
M WREATH
NORITAKE
NIPPON
RED
NORITAKE
1918		 SIMILAR TO #181
困
意匠登録番
第16034號
Hand Painted
NIPPON
BLUE
困  = MARUKI
NORITAKE
1918

困 WRITTEN IN TENSHO
SEAL SCRIPT
     
     
NIPPON MARK #231
BRANCH
R.C.
JAPAN
MAGENTA
RC = ROYAL CROCKERY
NORITAKE
1926		 SIMILAR TO #231
BRANCH
R.C.
GREEN
RC=ROYAL CROCKERY
NORITAKE
1935		      
 
 
NPSK DOWSIE COTURE
MFG UNKNOWN
NIPPON MARK #10
CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
NPSK
DOWSIE COTURE
NIPPON
BLUE
MFG UNKNOWN
NAGOYA PORCELAIN
DATING 1891-1921		 SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
NPSK
DOWSIE 30 COTURE
GREEN
MFG UNKNOWN
NAGOYA PORCELAIN
DATING 1891-1921		 SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
NPSK
DOWSIE 30 COTURE
NIPPON
GREEN
MFG UNKNOWN
NAGOYA PORCELAIN
DATING 1891-1921
 
 
NPSK SHUBEI
MANUFACTURER - KATO SHUBEI
SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
WREATH
NPSK
GREEN

KATO SHUBEI
MEIJI ERA		 SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
WREATH
NPSK
GREEN

KATO SHUBEI
MEIJI ERA		 SIMILAR TO #10
CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
WREATH
NPSK
GREEN

KATO SHUBEI
MEIJI ERA		 IMPRESSED MARK
周兵
SHUBEI
IMPRESSED MARK OF
KATO SHUBEI OF SETO.

SOMETIMES FOUND WITH
IMPRESSED MARK OR ONLY WITH IMPRESSED MARK.
MEIJI ERA
 
 
ROYAL KINJO
 MFG UNKNOWN
PATENT HOLDER - DOI YASUNOSUKE
BEST KNOWN AS SHARKSKIN GLAZE
NIPPON MRK #240
持許
第一七七〇五號
PATENT
NO. 17705
FEB. 26.1910
ROYAL KINJO
JAPAN
BLUE
SHARKSKIN GLAZE
持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一七七〇五 = 17705
JAPAN PATENT
No. 17705
PATENT HOLDER:
DOI YASUNOSUKE
土井保之助		 NIPPON MRK #240
持許
第一七七〇五號
PATENT
NO. 17705
FEB. 26.1910
ROYAL KINJO
JAPAN
BLUE
SHARKSKIN GLAZE
持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一七七〇五 = 17705
JAPAN PATENT
No. 17705
PATENT HOLDER:
DOI YASUNOSUKE
土井保之助
 
 
SAJI & KARIYA SHOKAI (S&K CO.)
 
NIPPON MARK #96
S & K
IGETA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
BLUE
SAJI & KARIYA SHOKAI		 NIPPON MARK #96
S & K
IGETA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
GREEN
SAJI & KARIYA SHOKAI		 NIPPON MARK #96
S & K
IGETA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
MAGENTA
SAJI & KARIYA SHOKAI
 
 
SHOFU KATEI (SHOFU TEI)
IGETA 風
TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU
大日本京都
DAI NIHON KYOTO
松風亭?製
SHOFU TEI ? SEI
 MEIJI ERA		 松風亭製
SHOFU TEI SEI
MEIJI ERA		 松風製
SHOFU SEI
MEIJI ERA		 松風製
SHOFU SEI
MEIJI ERA		 松風
SHOFU
MEIJI ERA		 松風
SHOFU
MEIJI ERA
 
 
SHOFU TOKI GOSHI KAISHA
 SHOFU NAGOYA BRANCH (SNB)
IGETA 風
Trade mark for Shofu Toki Goshi Kaisha
Meiji era		 NIPPON MARK #100
CHERRY BLOSSOM
SNB = SHOFU NAGOYA BRANCH
NIPPON
MAGENTA		 風
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
GREEN
TRADE MARK 風 FU FOR SHOFU
 

NIPPON MARK #99

SHOFU
NAGOYA
NIPPON

BLUE

SHOFU 

NIPPON MARK #99

SHOFU
NAGOYA
NIPPON

TEAL

SHOFU 

NIPPON MARK #99

SHOFU
NAGOYA
NIPPON

BLACK

SHOFU 

NIPPON MARK #99

SHOFU
NAGOYA
NIPPON

GREEN

SHOFU 
 

NIPPON MARK #100

SNB
NAGOYA
NIPPON

BLUE

SHOFU

NIPPON MARK #100

SNB
NAGOYA
NIPPON

GREEN

SHOFU

NIPPON MARK #100

SNB
NAGOYA
NIPPON

TEAL

SHOFU

NIPPON MARK #100

SNB
NAGOYA
NIPPON

MAGENTA

SHOFU
 
 
TAJIMI TRADING CO.
NIPPON MARK #190
千
種
NIPPON
COBALT BLUE
千種 = CHIKUSA
TAJIMI

Found on Howo Phoenix ware		 NIPPON MARK #193
千
種
NIPPON
COBALT BLUE
千種 = CHIKUSA
TAJIMI

Found on Howo Phoenix ware
 
 
TAKITO, OGAWA & CO.
NIPPON MARK #112
T
DEMITASSE
MADE IN NIPPON
RED
TAKITO, OGAWA & CO.
 
 
TAME & NAKAMURA (TN)
KUTANI KILN TRADEMARK
SIMILAR TO #109
TN
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
BLUE
TAME & NAKAMURA		 SIMILAR TO #109
TN
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
GREEN
TAME & NAKAMURA		 NIPPON MARK #109
TN
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
ORANGE & GREEN
TAME & NAKAMURA		 NIPPON MARK #109
TN
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON
ORANGE & GREEN
TAME & NAKAMURA		 SIMILAR TO #109
TN
JAPAN
CHERRY BLOSSOM
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
GREEN
TAME & NAKAMURA		 SIMILAR TO #109
TN
JAPAN
CHERRY BLOSSOM
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
GREEN
TAME & NAKAMURA
 
TASHIROYA
TASHIRO SHOTEN
TASHIRO ICHIROJI
 
I am adding a note here regarding Tashiro Ichiroji whose business name was Tashiroya and was also known as the Tashiro Company (or Tashiro & Co.) (Tashiro Shoten).  At some point during the Meiji era, the company name changed to Tashiro Shoten.  Tashiroya (Tashiro Shoten) was a major manufacturer and exporter of their own porcelain ware and they also exported wares of other ceramic kilns in Japan.  During the early Meiji period to early Nippon era, there are porcelain wares that bear the trade mark 八松 Hachi-Matsu.

Patten Nippon marks numbers 4, 33, and 35 are the same maker, Tashiroya (Tashiro Shoten). In fact Nippon mark # 35 bears the ideograph trade mark for Tashiroya, 八松 Hachi-Matsu.  The trade mark is known to be in use in 1903 by an advertisement for Tashiroya printed in that year.
 
八松 Hachi-Matsu
1903 Trade mark for Tashiroya
Early to Mid-Meiji era		 八松製
Hachi-Matsu sei
Early to Mid-Meiji era		 八松造
Hachi-Matsu-zo
Early to Mid-Meiji era		 八松造
Hachi-Matsu-zo
Early to Mid-Meiji era
       
 
NIPPON MARK #4
CHERRY BLOSSOM
NIPPON
Hand Painted
BLUE

TASHIROYA
TASHIRO SHOTEN
DATING: Meiji era		 NIPPON MARK #4
CHERRY BLOSSOM
NIPPON
Hand Painted
GREEN

TASHIROYA
TASHIRO SHOTEN
DATING: Meiji era		 NIPPON MARK #4
CHERRY BLOSSOM
NIPPON
Hand Painted
MAGENTA

TASHIROYA
TASHIRO SHOTEN
DATING: Meiji era		 NIPPON MARK #6
FLOWER
CHIKUSA
NIPPON
Hand Painted
GREEN

TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION TO
TASHIRO SHOTEN
DATING: 1891-1921
       
田代
TASHIRO		 田代
TASHIRO		 日本
NIHON		 日本
NIHON		 田代
TASHIRO
       
TWO BACKSTAMPS

TOP -
FLOWER
CHIKUSA
NIPPON
Hand Painted

BOTTOM -
CROWN
TRI-SHIELD
BT CO
JAPAN
HAND PAINTED		 SIMILAR TO #6

NOT LISTED

c1890s-1920

TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION TO TASHIRO SHOTEN

BT Co. (U.S. importer trade mark found on Austrian, Bavarian, German & Japan wares)
  
 
 
 
PATTEN No. NIPPON BACKSTAMP DESCRIPTION COLORS DATING MFG/NOTES
4
CHERRY BLOSSOM
NIPPON
Hand Painted		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		 1891-1921 TASHIROYA
TASHIRO SHOTEN

Meiji era
6 FLOWER
CHIKUSA
NIPPON
Hand Painted		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		 1891-1921 TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION TO TASHIRO SHOTEN
7
JE - OH
CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		 1891-1921 TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION TO
NAGOYA SEITO
NAGOYA SEITOSHO
8 CROWN
STARS
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		    
9 CROWN
MADE IN NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN
10 CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN

RED & GREEN		 1891-1921 NAGOYA SEITO/SEITOSHO
16 CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
NPSK
DOWSIE COTURE
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		 1891-1921 MFG UNKNOWN

NAGOYA PORCELAIN
17 ビビ
(BIBI)
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 RED & BLUE KATAKANA
CHARACTERS
18
B
WREATH
Hand Painted
ELITE
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN
21 G
Hand painted
NIPPON		 BLUE    
26
T in CIRCLE
WREATH
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 BLUE
37 IC
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE
38
FLOWER VASE
IMPERIAL NIPPON
HAND PAINTED		 BLUE

GREEN
40 PALETTE
THE JONROTH STUDIOS
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN
43 TWO FISHES
KINJO CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE  
44 L & CO
NIPPON		 BLUE SIMILAR TO #261
47
M WREATH
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA

GOLD		 1910-1911 NORITAKE
50 CHERRY BLOSSOMS
M.M.
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN    
52
MAPLE LEAF
NIPPON
Hand Painted		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		   SIMILAR TO #114 & 115
PRE-NORITAKE
OLD NORITAKE
(KATO SHUNKO?)
c1875-1911
66
M WREATH
NORITAKE
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA

RED		 1918 NORITAKE
68
NORITAKE
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		 1911 NORITAKE
70 LAMP POST
ORIENTAL CHINA
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		    
71
PAGODA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		    
73
PAULOWNIA
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 RED & GREEN

RED & BLUE		    
74 PAULOWNIA BANNER
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		    
76 W PICKARD A
HAND PAINTED
CHINA		 GOLD LEAF
BLACK
LETTERING		    
80 RC
Hand Painted
Nippon		 RED & GREEN 1911 RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
81
RC
NORITAKE
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED		 BLUE

GREEN		 1906 RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
82 RC
NORITAKE
NIPPON		 MAGENTA SIMILAR TO #226

1906		 RC - Royal Crockery
NORITAKE
84
RISING SUN
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		 1916 NORITAKE
86 RYUU DRAGON
ROYAL NIPPON
STUDIO
HAND PAINTED		 GREEN
87 CHERRY BLOSSOM
ROYAL KAGA
NIPPON		 BLUE   A KUTANI KILN TRADEMARK
88
CHRYSANTHEMUM
BANNER
ROYAL KINRAN
NIPPON		 BLACK

GOLD		  
89 VASE
KINRAN
ROYAL
NIPPON		 BLUE  
90 CROWN
GLOBE
BANNER
MORIYE
ROYAL
NIPPON		 BLUE    
91 GLOBE
NISHIKI
ROYAL
NIPPON		 GREEN    
92 SATSUMA KAMON
ROYAL SATSUMA
NIPPON		 BLUE TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION TO NAKASHIMA TOKI SHOKAI
Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga
96
S & K
IGETA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		 SAJI & KARIYA SHOKAI
97 八
S 千 K
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN SAME #239, #263

千 CHI 1,000
99
SHOFU
NAGOYA
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		 SHOFU
100 CHERRY BLOSSOM
SNB
NIPPON		 MAGENTA SHOFU
101
SNB
NAGOYA
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		 SHOFU
107 T
NIPPON
SHIELD
HAND PAINTED		 GREEN  
109
TN
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 ORANGE & GREEN TAME & NAKAMURA

KUTANI KILN TRADEMARK
110
T.S.
IGETA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN

MAGENTA		    
111 TS
IGETA
FAN
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		    
112 T
DEMITASSE
MADE IN NIPPON		 RED   TAKITO, OGAWA & CO.
113 TORII
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN
117 FUJIYAMA
THE YAMATO
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED		 BLUE
157 CROWN
ROYAL HINODE
NIPPON		 BLUE
160 Hand Painted
CORONATION WARE
Nippon		 BLUE
165 CHERRY BLOSSOMS
中島製
NIPPON		 COBALT BLUE   中島製 = NAKASHIMA SEI

MADE BY NAKASHIMA

TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
TO NAKASHIMA TOKI
Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga

Found on howo phoenix ware
180 Hand Painted
困
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		 1906 困 =  MARUKI

困 WRITTEN IN TENSHO
SEAL SCRIPT

NORITAKE
185
Y
WREATH
MEIYO CHINA
NIPPON		 BLACK

GREEN

RED		    
190 千
種
NIPPON		 COBALT BLUE 千種 = CHIKUSA

TAJIMI TRADING CO.
193 千
種
NIPPON		 COBALT BLUE 千種 = CHIKUSA

TAJIMI TRADING CO.
197 風
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN   風= FU
TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU
202 M
WREATH
THE METZ
NORITAKE
NIPPON		 RED & GREEN 1914 NORITAKE
203 M
WREATH
NORITAKE
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 RED & GREEN 1914 NORITAKE
207 NPMC
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED		 BLUE    
218 BRANCH & BANNER
SENDAI
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE  
220 CROWN
TWO CHICKEN HEADS
TANEGA
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED		 BLUE
221 TORII
NIPPON		 RED    
222 CROWN
N & Co.
NAGOYA
NIPPON		 GREEN 1891-1921 NAGOYA SEITO/SEITOSHO

CROWN USED ON MEITO CHINA
225
YAJIROBE
日本陶器会社
RC
NORITAKE
NIPPON TOKI KAISHA		 GREEN

RED		 1912 日本陶器会社 =
NIHON TOKI KAISHA

RC - Royal Crockery
231 BRANCH
R.C.
JAPAN		 MAGENTA 1926 RC = ROYAL CROCKERY

NORITAKE
239 八
千
S K
HAND PAINTED
MADE IN NIPPON		 BLUE SAME #239, #263

千 CHI 1,000
240
持許
第一七七〇五號
PATENT
NO. 17705
FEB. 26.1910
ROYAL KINJO
JAPAN		 BLUE   SHARKSKIN GLAZE

持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一七七〇五 = 17705
JAPAN PATENT No. 17705
PATENT HOLDER:
DOI YASUNOSUKE
土井保之助
241 RISING SUN
RS
JAPAN		 RED    
242
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
JAPAN		 MAGENTA   CORALENE DECORATION

持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一六一三七 = 16137

SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
243 U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
専賣持許
出願中
第三八ニ五七號		 MAGENTA   CORALENE DECORATION

専賣 = SPECIAL IDENTITY
特許 = PATENT
出願中 = PENDING
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
三八ニ五七 = 38257

SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
244 KINRAN
U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號
JAPAN		 MAGENTA CORALENE DECORATION

持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一六一三七 = 16137

SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
245 PATENT APPLIED FOR
NO 38257
専賣持許
出願中
第三八ニ五七號		 MAGENTA CORALENE DECORATION

専賣 = SPECIAL IDENTITY
特許 = PATENT
出願中 = PENDING
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
三八ニ五七 = 38257

SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
246 KINRAN
PATENT
NO. 16137
JAPAN		 GREEN   CORALENE DECORATION

SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
250 HEART
ESO
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN
252 FUJIYAMA
ROYAL
FUJI
NIPPON
Hand Painted		 GREEN
255 NORITAKE
HOWO
MADE IN JAPAN		 COBALT BLUE   NORITAKE

Found on Howo Phoenix ware
258 困
KOKURA
JAPAN
 GREEN 困 =  MARUKI

困 WRITTEN IN TENSHO
SEAL SCRIPT

NORITAKE
261 L & CO.
NIPPON
WREATH		 BLUE

GREEN		    
262 YANAGI
HAND PAINTED
L W CO
NIPPON		 BLUE   L W CO = LOUIS WOLF & CO
OF BOSTON, MA & NEW YORK, NY

SIMILAR TO #22, 46
263 八
千
S K
HAND PAINTED
MADE IN NIPPON		 BLUE   SAME #239, #263

千 CHI 1,000
           
THE BACKSTAMPS BELOW ARE NOT NOTED IN
PATTEN BOOKS
BUT ARE FOUND ON NIPPON WARE
 
Certain marks are Meiji period (some late Edo) and therefore are Pre-Nippon to 1912.
Certain marks are Transitional Nippon (late Nippon or the ending of the Nippon period) and may be found on wares that extend beyond the Nippon period.
Pre-caution - inspect the mark and the ware (shape, enamel, decoration, material, condition, aging, firing traces) to determine approximate age.
Similar to Patten No. NIPPON BACKSTAMP DESCRIPTION COLORS DATING MFG/NOTES
5 CHERRY BLOSSOM
HAND PAINTED
JAPAN		 BLUE
6 TOP -
FLOWER
CHIKUSA
NIPPON
Hand Painted

BOTTOM -
CROWN
TRI-SHIELD
BT
CO
JAPAN
HAND PAINTED		 TOP
BACKSTAMP GREEN

BOTTOM
BACKSTAMP
BLUE		 TWO BACKSTAMPS

TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION TO TASHIRO SHOTEN

BT Co. (U.S. importer trade mark found on Austrian, Bavarian, German & Japan wares)
10 CROWN
NIPPON		 GREEN NAGOYA SEITO/SEITOSHO
10 CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN NAGOYA SEITO/SEITOSHO
10 CROWN
HAND PAINTED
NAGOYA
NIPPON		 GREEN NAGOYA SEITO/SEITOSHO
10 CROWN
MEITO CHINA
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 RED & GREEN NAGOYA SEITO/SEITOSHO
16 CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
NPSK
DOWSIE 30 COTURE		 GREEN MFG UNKNOWN

NAGOYA PORCELAIN
16 CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
NPSK
DOWSIE 30 COTURE
NIPPON		 GREEN & BLUE MFG UNKNOWN

NAGOYA PORCELAIN
16
CROWN
QUARTER SHIELD
WREATH
NPSK		 GREEN SHUBEI 周兵 SOMETIMES FOUND WITH
IMPRESSED MARK OR ONLY WITH IMPRESSED MARK.
SHUBEI 周兵
BELONGS TO KATO SHUBEI OF SETO.
MEIJI ERA.
35 八松 = Hachi-Matsu RED   八松 Hachi-Matsu

Trade mark for Tashiroya (Tashiro Shoten)

Early to Mid-Meiji era
35 八松製 = Hachi-Matsu sei RED   八松 Hachi-Matsu

Trade mark for Tashiroya (Tashiro Shoten)

Early to Mid-Meiji era
35 八松造 = Hachi-Matsu zo RED   八松 Hachi-Matsu

Trade mark for Tashiroya (Tashiro Shoten)

Early to Mid-Meiji era
35 八松造 = Hachi-Matsu zo RED   八松 Hachi-Matsu

Trade mark for Tashiroya (Tashiro Shoten)

Early to Mid-Meiji era
93 ROYAL SOMETSUKE
NIPPON		 COBALT BLUE 1906 NORITAKE

Found on Howo Phoenix ware
95 RISING SUN
RS
NIPPON		 RED
104 Studio
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 GREEN
108 T
WREATH
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 BLUE
109
TN
WREATH
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE

GREEN		 TAME & NAKAMURA

KUTANI KILN TRADEMARK
109
TN
JAPAN
CHERRY BLOSSOM
WREATH
HAND PAINTED		 GREEN TAME & NAKAMURA

KUTANI KILN TRADEMARK
114
115 		   困 BLUE     困 =  MARUKI
NORITAKE
1902

 WRITTEN IN TENSHO
SEAL SCRIPT  
118
FUJIYAMA
THE YAMATO
NIPPON
HAND PAINTED		 MAGENTA
165 CHERRY BLOSSOMS
中島製
JAPAN		 GREEN 中島製 = NAKASHIMA SEI

MADE BY NAKASHIMA

TENTATIVE ATTRIBUTION
TO NAKASHIMA TOKI
Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga
181 困
意匠登録番
第16034號
Hand Painted
NIPPON		 BLUE 1918 困  = MARUKI

困 WRITTEN IN TENSHO
SEAL SCRIPT

NORITAKE
231 BRANCH
R.C.		 GREEN 1935 RC = ROYAL CROCKERY

NORITAKE
242
243
244
245
246		 U.S. PATENT
NBR. 912171
FEB.9.1909
持許
第一六一三七號		 MAGENTA CORALENE DECORATION

持許 = PATENT
第 = ORDINAL
號 = NUMBER
一六一三七 = 16137

SAME #242, 243, 244, 245, 246

U.S. PATENT No. 912171
PATENT HOLDER:
ALBAN L. ROCK, OF YOKOHAMA, JAPAN, ASSIGNOR TO A.A. VANTINE & CO, NEW YORK

JAPAN PATENT No. 16137
PATENT HOLDER:
A.A. VANTINE
347, 355, 356 困 = MARUKI
MB
Japan
3		 IMPRESSED   MB = Morimura Brothers

困 Written in tensho seal script.
Found on Nippon ceramic dolls.  The  different numbers may refer to designs.
NEW
CHERRY BLOSSOM
田代		 BLACK   田代 = TASHIRO

TASHIRO SHOTEN
NEW 日本
CHERRY BLOSSOM		 RED   日本 = NIHON

TASHIRO SHOTEN
NEW FUJIYAMA
日本
CHERRY BLOSSOM		 RED   日本 = NIHON

TASHIRO SHOTEN
NEW 田代
BANNER
FUJIYAMA
CHERRY BLOSSOMS
 		BLUE 田代 = TASHIRO

TASHIRO SHOTEN
NEW CHERRY BLOSSOM
JAPAN
HAND PAINTED		 MAGENTA
NEW CHERRY BLOSSOM
HAND PAINTED		 MAGENTA TENTATIVE ATTR
SAME MFG AS
KINRAN &
ROYAL KINJO
NEW JAPAN
IE&C CO.
WREATH
 GREEN NAGOYA PORCELAIN

MFG UNKNOWN
NEW
JAPAN
IE&C CO.
WREATH
Hand Painted		 BLUE

GREEN		   NAGOYA PORCELAIN

MFG UNKNOWN
NEW 日本
HAND PAINTED
JAPAN		 RED 日本 = NIHON, NIPPON
NEW SATSUMA KAMON
WREATH
NAKASHIMA TOKI
NIPPON		 GREEN   NAKASHIMA TOKI
of Nishi Matsuura-Gun, Saga
NEW IGETA
三
HAND PAINTED
NAGOYA JAPAN		 GREEN 三 = SAN

TRADE MARK OF
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
NEW IGETA
三
FLOWERS?
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE 三 = SAN

TRADE MARK OF
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
NEW IGETA
三
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 BLUE 三 = SAN

TRADE MARK OF
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
NEW CROWN
LFH
HAND PAINTED
NIPPON		 GREEN
NEW
島村製 BLUE   島村製 = SHIMAMURA SEI

TRADE MARK OF
SHIMAMURA SHINGO
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW
CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG		 BLUE TRADE MARK OF
A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG
綿野製		 BLUE 綿野製 = WATANO SEI

TRADE MARK OF
A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG
?		 GREEN TRADE MARK OF
A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG
TRADE MARK
CHERRY BLOSSOM
HAND PAINTED
JAPAN		 BLUE TRADE MARK OF
A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG
TRADE MARK
JAPAN
長高		 MAGENTA & RED 長高 = NAGATAKA

.A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG
TRADE MARK
大日本
???
JAPAN		 BLUE 大日本 = DAI NIHON

TRADE MARK OF
A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW JAPAN FLAGS
綿野製		 RED 綿野製 = WATANO SEI

WATANO IS A KUTANI CERAMIC ARTIST FAMILY & KILN

TRADE MARK OF
AA. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW
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CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG		 IMPRESSED TRADE MARK OF
A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHA ERA
NEW
STAMP LOGO
CRESCENT MOON & STAR
JAPAN FLAG
CHINESE FLAG
TRADE MARK

A A V &Co, a letter in each corner		 BLUE & WHITE TRADE MARK OF
A. A. VANTINE & CO.
EX/IM-PORTER & MERCHANT SHOP; MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW FUJIYAMA
 大日本
有田町
深川製		 BLUE 大日本 = DAI NIHON
有田町 = ARITA MACHI
深川製 = FUKAGAWA SEI

TRADE MARK FOR
FUKAGAWA-SEIJI; MEIJI ERA
NEW 瓢 RED 瓢 = HYO FOR HYOCHIEN

TRADE MARK FOR HYOCHIEN

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW  東亰
瓢池園製 		 RED   東亰 = TOKYO
瓢池園製 = HYOCHIEN SEI

MADE BY HYOCHIEN IN TOKYO

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW 春光製
瓢池園		 BLUE & RED   春光製 = SHUNKO SEI
瓢池園 = HYOCHIEN

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW 瓢池園画
春光製		 BLACK & BLUE 瓢池園画 = HYOCHIEN GA
春光製 = SHUNKO SEI

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW 春光製
瓢池園画		 BLACK & BLUE  春光製 = SHUNKO SEI
瓢池園画 = HYOCHIEN GA

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR KATO SHUNKO

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW FAN 瓢
日本東亰
瓢池園製
曽我穂丸画		 RED Hyo 瓢
Meiji Year 14 (1882)
3rd Month (March)
Nihon Tokyo
Hyochien sei
Soga Homaru ga

An artist from the famous Soga artist family of the Meiji era.

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW 東京井上良齋
FAN 瓢		 IMPRESSED & RED   Tokyo Inoue Ryosai
Hyo 瓢

HAND PAINTED BY HYOCHIEN FOR INOUE RYOSAI

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW 
春光製  BLUE    春光製 = SHUNKO SEI

TRADE MARK OF KATO SHUNKO.

 MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW 
春光造  BLUE    春光造  = SHUNKO ZO

TRADE MARK OF KATO SHUNKO.

MEIJI-TAISHO ERA
NEW  春光製
昇山画 		 BLUE & BROWN    春光製 = SHUNKO SEI
昇山 = SHOZAN

HAND PAINTED BY SHOZAN FOR KATO SHUNKO; MEIJI ERA.
TRADE MARK FOR KATO SHUNKO,
NEW  昇山
春光製 		 GREEN & BLUE   昇山 = SHOZAN
春光製 = SHUNKO SEI
HAND PAINTED BY SHOZAN FOR KATO SHUNKO; MEIJI ERA.
TRADE MARK FOR KATO SHUNKO,
NEW  SHUNKOU SHUNKO 春光 春光  IMPRESSED    春光 = SHUNKO

TRADE MARK FOR KATO SHUNKO,
LATE EDO-MEIJI ERA
NEW 大日本
肥蝶山
信甫造		 BLUE

RED		   大日本= DAI NIHON
肥蝶山 = HICHOZAN
信甫造 = SHINPO ZO

TRADE MARK FOR TASHIRO MONZAEMON; MEIJI ERA
NEW
大日本
東京井
上良齋		 IMPRESSED   大日本 = DAI NIHON
東京 = TOKYO
井上 = INOUE
良齋 = RYOSAI

TRADE MARK FOR INOUE RYOSAI; FOUND ON SUMIDA YAKI

Late Edo to Mid-Meiji period
NEW 日本
横濱
井村造		 GOLD   日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村造 = IMURA ZO

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW 大日本
横濱

井村製		 GOLD   大日本 = DAI NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製 = IMURA SEI

TRADE MARK FOR MATSUISHIYA

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW 大日本
横濱
井村製
?		 RED   大日本 = DAI NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製 = IMURA SEI
? NOT TRANSLATED

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW 日本横濱
井村製		 RED   大日本 = DAI NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製 = IMURA SEI

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW 日本横濱

井村造		 RED   日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村造 = IMURA ZO

TRADE MARK FOR MATSUISHIYA

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW
大日本
井村造		 RED   大日本 = DAI NIHON
井村造 = IMURA ZO

TRADE MARK FOR MATSUISHIYA

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW 日本横濱
井村製		 RED   日本 = DAI NIHON
井村製 = IMURA SEI

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW

日本横濱
井村製造		 RED   日本 = NIHON
横濱 = YOKOHAMA
井村製造 = IMURA SEI ZO

TRADE MARK FOR MATSUISHIYA

TRADE MARK FOR IMURA HIKOJIRO & MATSUISHIYA; MEIJI ERA
NEW
CROWN
IMPERIAL SETO YAKI OKAN		 GREEN   Most likely the Kyoto Imperial kiln
NEW Cherry Blossom
Wreath
NIPPON		 MAGENTA    
NEW 稲垣造 RED   稲垣造 = INAGAKI ZOU

MEIJI ERA
NEW IGETA
風		 BLUE   TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU

SAME MAKER AS #197

MEIJI ERA
NEW IGETA
風
大日本京都
松風亭?製		 BLUE   TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU
大日本京都 = DAI NIHON KYOTO
松風亭?製 =  SHOFU TEI ? SEI

TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU KATEI

MEIJI ERA
NEW 松風亭製 BLUE   松風亭製 = SHOFU TEI SEI

TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU KATEI

MEIJI ERA
NEW
松風製 BLUE

LIME SLIP		   松風製 = SHOFU SEI

TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU KATEI

MEIJI ERA
NEW
松風 BLUE

BLACK		   松風 = SHOFU

TRADE MARK FOR SHOFU KATEI

MEIJI ERA
NEW 大日本九谷
松花堂製		 RED   大日本九谷 = DAI NIHON KUTANI
松花堂製 = SHOKA DO SEI

MEIJI ERA
NEW
日本浅藤 RED   MEIJI ERA
NEW 浅藤造 RED   MEIJI ERA
NEW 大日本浅藤造 RED   MEIJI ERA
           
 
References

Kangawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History

Collector's Encyclopedia of Nippon Porcelain, 7th Series, Joan Van Patten.

Noritake information from www.noritakecollectorsguild.info


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