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Dai Nippon Imamura Zo / Yokohama-Kutani style
Yokohama broker Imura Hikotaru (Hikojiro) started the Imura Toki Kaisha (Imura
Pottery Company) in Yokohama in 1876 and began exporting finely decorated
sharkskin-textured ceramics toward the end of the Meiji Era. The company
developed quickly and came to employ finally more than thirty ceramic painters.
Many of these Yokohama ”etsuke” (painted wares), mainly popular between the
1880’s to 1900’s, were produced for export. Imura handled very high quality
porcelains, including special-order products enameled by Kozan and other leading
studios of the day. Imura's name was on the list of Japanese potters in the official
catalogue of exhibitors at the 1893 World's Columbian Exhibition (Chicago World's
Fair). Imura Toki Kaisha closed in 1912

IPPO (IPPOU)
/Kazumine /Ichimine
一峯

Kazumine – Meiji period
ISHUIN / Ijuin
伊集院

ishuin - Tanzan Ishuin – Hozan

Ishuin / Ijuin - Meiji period