Page 144 - Satsuma MARKS The Joy Of Beauty 1000 Pottery and Porcelain Marks

Nihon Tojiki Satsuma-yaki Zenzan kore [o] tsukuru,

Wares from the Kyoto Tojiki Goshi Kaisha usually have a cartouche with the full name of
the company and /or the trademark (logo). The best known and most appreciated artist
at this company was Ryozan 亮 山. Other artists were Sozan, Sessan, Kizan, Hozan,
Kanzan, Seikozan, Shuzan and Unzan.
M
MANJU / MANJU DO
萬珠 - 堂
MANJUDO

Manju/ Manju do
Manjudo Co. Ltd. – Kyoto, companyname Taisho 2 - Heisei

MARUNI
丸二

Maruni, First part 20th century. Taisho-Showa 1. Producer of exportware. See:
Futaji. “Maruni & Co, Isokami Dori 6, Chome, Kobe, Japan. Manufacturer & Dealer in
all kinds of porcelain satsuma ware.” It appears as if this company continued to
operate right up until the WWII or about 1938. After WWII labels with Maruni &
Company appears on pieces of lacquer on metal (but not on pottery) with the
addition Made in Occupied Japan and sometimes also the ‘CPO’ (Central Purchasing
Office) meaning bought in to the US army souvenir trade.
MARU-TAI
太

Maru-Tai (Tai in Circle). Maru (circle) can occur with different kanji in
it, mostly Showa-period and not Satsuma

Maru-ko Maru-naka Maru-hisa