Japan Marks - Tashiro Ichiroji, Tashiro-ya & Tashiro Shoten |
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TASHIRO ICHIROJI [田代市郎次] TASHIROYA [田代屋] (var. TASHIRO-YA) TASHIRO & CO., LTD. TASHIRO SHOTEN [田代商店] (TASHIRO COMPANY) HINOMOTO-YAKI (日之本焼) ISHIME-YAKI* (石目焼) Manufacturer and Distributor of Patented Hinomoto-yaki Porcelain Patented Ishime-yaki* Porcelain Eggshell Porcelain Dainty ware Lacquer Porcelain Cloisonne - Tree Bark Cloisonne Nippon ware Fancy ware Seiji Celadon Porcelain Geisha Girl Ware Lusterware Novelty ware |
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The original name of the company was
Tashiroya (variation spelling Tashiro-ya) located in Nagoya and
began in 1878 by Tashiro Ichiroji. The company came to be known as
Tashiro Shoten (Tashiro Company) and the company changed their name to
Tashiro & Co. Ltd. located in Nagoya. The company manufactured and
sold porcelain, cloisonne, and earthenware goods and became a major
exporter during the Meiji to Showa eras. They were also a major
exporter of other Seto wares made by smaller artist-kilns. Around 1900, Tashiro Shoten had exclusive contracts with smaller potteries in Seto and exported their ceramic wares abroad to many countries intended for sale. By 1904, Tashiro Shoten had two porcelain shops located in Nanamagari-cho, Nagoya and Benten-dori, Yokohama. The shops sold porcelain, cloisonne, and earthenware goods as well as wares made by other potteries located in Nagoya, Mino, Aizu, Banko, Takonobe, Soma and other districts. Amongst these other potteries were two famous ceramic artists: Kawamoto Hansuke VI and Matsumura Kusuke (Hachijiro) who sometimes signed his wares Hachiku. Based on information from the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Cultural History, other artists wares that bear two signatures - those of Tashiro and the other by another artist were Kawamoto Masukichi 1st (also known as Kawamoto Hansuke 5th) and Kawamoto Hansuke 6th. Other artist marks are noted below in detail. |
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Tashiro Shoten and Kawamoto Hansuke There is a vase on display at the Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum with two signatures, Kawamoto Hansuke VI and Tashiro Shoten, markings noted as [日本横濱 - 田代 - 製 - 造 - 川本半助], Nihon Yokohama - Tashiro - Sei - Zo - Kawamoto Hansuke. Tashiro Shoten and Matsumura Kusuke (Hachijiro) There is a fabulous deep bowl marked with two signatures, Tashiro Shoten and Matsumura Kusuke (Hachijiro), markings noted as [田代 - 造 - 松村八九 - 造], Tashiro - Zo - Matsumura Hachi Ku. Hachi is a contraction for the name Hachijiro and Ku is a contraction for Kusuke. Matsumura Hachijiro was adopted by Matsumura Kusuke (variation spelling Kyusuke) and continued the family tradition of ceramic making. Tashiro Ichiroji Tashiro Ichiroji was a famous ceramic artist during the Meiji era and exhibited his porcelain wares at major international exhibits. At the World's Fair Columbian Exposition (Chicago World's Fair) in 1893 he was awarded for his porcelain and noted as a manufacturer from Kanagawa. In 1904 at the St. Louis International Exposition, Ichiroji is noted for his exhibitions in porcelain wares: dining utensils, tea sets, punch bowls, flower basins, umbrella stands, ornamental plate, chocolate sets, bowls, plates, Japanese tea sets, and ice cream nappies. He was internationally famous for his porcelain, cloisonne, cloisonne on porcelain, and earthenware goods. Tashiro Ichiroji early porcelain works during the Meiji era have written signatures and were sold under his company Tashiro-ya. In general, all kanji handwritten signatures bearing the name Tashiro was made during the Meiji era. Later around the Taisho to early Showa period, his goods were marked with various English backstamps and sold under his company Tashiro Shoten. Many of these backstamps are noted in Carol Bess White books, Made in Japan. |
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SIGNATURES OF TASHIRO (1878-1920) |
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References A Handbook for Travellers in Central & Northern Japan, Sir Ernest Mason Satow, A. G. S. Hawes, 1884 - #8. Kokura to Nagasaki By Fukuoka and Imari, Arita (no inna, but accomodation may be had at the semi-European house of a potter named Tashiro-ya) is prettily situated amongst the hills. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan, Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason, 1891 - Tashiro-ya, in Benten-dori, porcelain. The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893, Moses Handy, 1893 - Japan, Department H - Manufacturers, #448. Ichiroji Tashiro, Kanazawa. Porcelain. The Jewelers' Circular, World's Fair 1893, 1893 - Japan, Yokokama, Ichiroji Tashiro, Porcelain ware, Awarded. General view of commerce & industry in the empire of Japan, Nōshōmushō. Shōkōkyoku, 1897 - Class 21. Exporters and Manufacturers of Earthenware, Porcelain, Shippo Ware, Kanagawa Ken, Commerical Name: Tashiroya, Name of Principal Person or Owner: Tashiro Ichiroji, Business Place: No. 40, 2 chome, Bentendori, Yokohama, Dealing Articles: Porcelain & etc. Up-to-Date Guide for the Land of the Rising Sun, Z. P. Maruya & Co., Ltd, 1903 - Yokohama, Porcelains: Tashiro-ya, Benten-dori Nichome; Nagoya, Porcelains: Tashiro-ya, Minami Buhei-cho Sanchome. Handbook of the Information for Passengers and Shippers by the Steamers of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Nihon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, 1904 - Porcelain & Faience - Tashiro-ya, (No. 40 Benten-dori); Keramic Dealers - Tashiro-ya. The Exhibition of the Empire of Japan, Official Catalogue of the International Exposition at St. Louis, 1904, Imperial Japanese Commission to the Lousiana Purchase Expedition, 1904 - Earthenware, #69, Tashiro, Ichiroji, Bentendori, Yokohama - Dining utensils, Tea sets, Punch bowls, Flower basins, Umbrella stands, Ornanmental plate, Chocolate sets, Bowls, Plates, Japanese tea sets, Ice cream nappies. Handbook of Japan and Japanese Exhibits at World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904, Hajime Hoshi, 1904 - Tashiroya advertisement. The Japan Year Book, Yoshitaro Takenobu, 1906 - Foreign Trade in Yokohama, Busines Name: Tashiro-ya, Kind of Business: Porcelains, Locality of Office: Nichome, Benten-dori. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan including the Whole Empire from Saghalien to Formosa, John Murray, Basil Hall Chamberlain, W. B. Mason, 1907 - Nagoya is noted for its manufacture of porcelain and cloisonne. The principal dealers are: Porcelain. - Tashiro-ya (factory shown, cloisonne on porclain a specialty). Terry's Japanese Empire, A Guidebook for Travellers, T. Philip Terry, 1914 - Nagoya, Porcelain: Tashiroya. The Japan Magazine: A representative monthly of things Japanese, Volume 23, Issue 7 - Volume 25, Issue 7, The Japan Magazine Co., 1933 - Tashiro-ya is the original name of the present Tashiro & Co., in Nagoya, which started the manufacture and sale of porcelains and earthenwares in 1878. Its goods are widely known in the international market and distinguished as the oldest in the line. The growth of Tashiro-ya is surprising and it finally assumed the present name of the company when its former system was changed to a joint-stock system in 1917. It also deals with companies in Africa, India, South Sea Islands, Australia, Europe and South America. There are various other goods beside those porcelains and earthen wares, all handled by the company. They are all welcomed by the customers as most satisfactory, for they are of superior quality and comparatively cheap in price. Head Office : 1510, Santanda, Yakuma-cho, Minami-ku, Nagoya (Tel. Minami5650 and 6072) Branch Office : 195, Kano-cho, Shichome, Kobe (Tel. Fukiai 2570). Kyoto University Economic Review, Volume 25, Number 2, October, 1955, "The Industrial Revolution in Pottery in Japan - Seto and Nagoya", article written by Yasuo Mishima - The Morimura-gumi was not alone in this bold enterprising attempt ; those wholesale-manufacturers with large capital resources undertook in rapid succession to place the Seto pottery industrialists under their exclusive capitalistic dominance. A statistical survey made in 1904 of the pottery industry in Aichi Prefecture records the following: "The principal manufacturers in operation around 1900 numbered 396 in Seto, 31 in Akatsu village and III in Shinano village. Of the above, 16 were operating under a special cont ract with the Morimura-gumi in Nagoya, and the value of the products thus produced amounted to about „200,000. On the other hand, 6 had a special contract with the Tashiro Company in Nagoya, and 5 with the Tsuzuki Company, also in Nagoya. Not a few others, also, were operating under a similar exclusive contract with the Hirako, Hirose and other leading wholesale-manufactureres in Nagoya." It is also recorded that, of the Seto products intended for export, a mere 10 percent were finished goods. These were exported to China, and included an insignificant portion of artistic articles sent to Western countries. The remaining 90 percent consisted of semi-finished goods, which, before being exported, had to be painted, glazed and re-fired. Thus, these goods were sent en masse to the plants operated by the Morimura-gumi, Takifuji Company and other wholesalers with whom the Seto industrialists had special contracts. These products were named Kinran-yaki. Most, however, found their way to the Morimura Manufakturen, where painting, glazing and firing was done. The products, thus finished, were mostly exported to America. It is seen, thus, that the production of the Morimura-gumi, who had concentrated by moving from Tokyo and Kyoto, was already in 1900 the greatest of all the wholesale capitalists. The scale of these finishing Manufakturen in Nagoya attained a further phenomenal expansion after 1896, as shown in Table V, and, in 1903, the workers averaged 53 per Manufaktur. |
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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. |
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