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9 Ceramics from Nagasaki: A Link to Manila Galleon Trade 163

9.2 Porcelains Excavated from Nagasaki Linking
to Manila Galleon Trade

Jingdezhen blue and white wares with landscape design was collected from
Nagasaki (Fig. 9.2). This type can be found from Drake’s bay, California and
Zócalo area, Mexico (Kuwayama 1997). This type existed quite a long time from
around the third quarter of the 16th century to early 17th century (Rinaldi 1990).
Blue and white large dish with flower scrolls on the rim and pines on the center
is identi!ed as Zhangzhou product (Fig. 9.3). This kind of large plates were pro-
duced in Fujian and appreciated by the Japanese. How they used these plates are not
known but were probably used in “hare no ba”, meaning “of!cial ceremony”,
usually a party with many invited guests.
Kraak porcelain deep bowl and blue and white Kosometsuke dish (Fig. 9.4) is
dated between 1610 to 1630s. owing to its bright blue and shape which appears in
Witte Leeuw cargo. The so called “Kosometsuke” !!! type is considered to be
produced only for Japanese market used in tea ceremony. They appeared in late
Ming period. This means that the Jingdezhen productions were able to supply the
needs of Japanese market but not in large quantity. Kosometsuke blue and white
were limited strictly to Japanese high social class who enjoyed tea ceremony,
therefore they were not for daily use. The motifs are very simple, sometimes with
human !gures and animals.
Blue and white Zhangzhou large kraak type dish is also apparent from this site
(Fig. 9.5). The cavetto is drawn with panels and geese with grass on the center. This
large plate was also for the “hare no ba”, most probably a party occasion such as

Fig. 9.2 Jingdezhen blue and
white ware collected from
Nagasaki