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Subject:Japanese signature on bird vase
Posted By: Rodolphe Tue, Sep 22, 2020 IP: 109.88.102.137
Hello,

Could you tell me what this Japanese signature means.
What region does she come from and if possible the time.

Thank you





Subject:Re: Japanese signature on bird vase
Posted By: Martin Michels Thu, Sep 24, 2020
The mark reads: Dai 大 Nippon 日本 Imura 井村 Sei 製 (Great Japan made by Imura).

Yokohama broker Imura Hikotaru (Hikojiro) started the Imura Toki Kaisha (Imura Pottery Company) in Yokohama in 1876 making Kutani ware and began exporting finely decorated sharkskin-textured ceramics toward the end of the Meiji Era. Imura Toki Kaisha closed in 1912.

The sign on top of the signature is a kind of logo often seen on Imura marks.

Your vase dates from around 1900.

Regards,
Martin.

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Subject:Re: Japanese signature on bird vase
Posted By: rodolphe Thu, Sep 24, 2020
Many thanks for your responses. Kind regards

Subject:Re: Japanese signature on bird vase
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Sep 24, 2020
大日本　-　Dai Nihon - Greater Japan
井村製 - Imura-sei - Made by Imura

An antique Yokohama ware. Workshop founded by Imamura Hikojirō　in Yokohama in the 1870s.
Imamura ordered the unpainted wares from other places such as Seto and Satsuma and painted in Yokohama. He was active aorund 1875-80.

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Japanese signature on bird vase
Posted By: rodolphe Thu, Sep 24, 2020
Many thanks for your responses. Kind regards

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