His saké ware is stamped around the footring with the same character.
Japanese ceramic pottery marks.
Japanese porcelain marks backstamps.
The japanese porcelain maker s marks signatures listed below are currently not in any specific order or categorized by maker artist period or style etc.
Unless you re familiar with the japanese language identifying japanese pottery and porcelain marks can be a daunting task.
Hidden within the kanji the characters on the bottom of the piece you will typically find the production region a specific kiln location a potter s name and sometimes a separate decorator s identity but at times only generic terms were recorded and tracking down.
This is a work in progress.
I will share what i learn about the kilns history terminology potters decorators styles and marks.
Personal signatures by the artists involved are quite common.
Japanese porcelain marks.
Kamada kōji s tea ceremony bowls and larger works are signed with the kanji character for ko the first in his given name.
Marks was also applied for different reasons that on the chinese porcelain.