Nishiura Enji V (1856 to 1914)

Height: 5.5 inches

Width: 3.5 inches

Age: Meiji (1890 - 1910)

Mark: Nishiura

Condition: Excellent

Height: 5.5 inches

Width: 3.25 inches (excluding handles)

Age: Late Edo to Meiji (1850 - 1870)

Mark: None

Condition: Excellent

Nishiura Enji V (1856 to 1914)

Height: 8.25 inches

Width: 3.25 inches

Age: Meiji (1890 - 1910)

Mark: Nishiura Zo

Condition: Excellent

Seifu Yohei I (1803 - 1861)

According to Captain Frank Brinkley's book, Japan: It's History Arts and Literature (Vol. 8, pg. 226), Seifu Yohei I was born in Gojozaka, the son of a bookseller. He moved to Kyoto where he studied under Dohachi II and opened his own factory in 1844...

Yabu Meizan (1853-1934)

Height: 4.87 inches

Width: 2.37 inches

Age: Meiji to Taisho (1900 - 1920)

Mark: Overglaze Gold Enamel Yabu Meizan

Condition: Excellent

Kato Tomotaro (1851 - 1916)

According to Gisela Jahn's book, Meiji Ceramics, Kato Tomotaro took over Gottfried Wagener’s kiln in 1883 and renamed it Yugyokuen Seitosho (Yugyokuen Gama). In 1895 he Won 3rd prize for technical excellence at the Fourth National Industrial Exposition in Okazaki, Japan...

My pictures do not do justice to the elaborate, three-dimensional silver work under the translucent, dark, cherry red enamel. There are moths hidden among the flowers and leaves, and there is a depth to the design that you must admire in person to appreciate...

Ito Tozan I (1846 - 1920)

Diameter: 8.87 inches

Height: 1.25 inch

Age: Meiji (1890 to 1910)

Condition: Very good except for some staining and a little light scuffing of the overglaze enamel leaves

Ito Tozan I (1846 - 1920)

Diameter: 8.87 inches

Height: 1.25 inch

Age: Meiji (1890 to 1910)

Condition: Very good except for some very light staining

Kinkozan Sobei VII (1868 - 1927)

Diameter: 3.62 inches

Height: 4.75 inches

Age: Meiji (1890 - 1910)

Mark: Kinkozan Zo

Condition: Very Good except the inner bowl is missing, and there is some wearing of the gold on the decorative ring at the bottom of the jar lid and on the black band at the bottom of the koro.

Yabu Meizan (1853-1934)

This cup and saucer has been authenticated by Louis Lawrence.

Height: 2.5 inches

Diameter: 5.62 inches

Age: Meiji (1890 - 1910)

Condition: There is minute loss to the gold on the plate rim and some stains on the back of the plate.

Shofu Katei (1870 to 1928)

Shofu Katei, also known as Shofu Kajo, was born in 1870 in Seto, Japan. Shofu came to Kyoto in 1888, and in 1890, he was adopted into the Shofu Kajo family. In 1908, he set up the Shofu Ceramics Company, Ltd. and was awarded a Green Ribbon in 1915.

Height: 5 inches

Width: 4 inches

Age: Meiji (1900 to 1920)

Mark: Underglaze Blue Shofu & impressed Shreve & Co...