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TENRAIDO
天籟堂

Dai Nippon, Tenraido zo- Hakusen hitsu
name of Yokohama based Kutani pottery. Watano Kichiji Shoten was certainly one
of the biggest Kutani export merchant and many pieces having the signature of his
shop can be found overseas, some are exceptional and have been presented at
different universal exhibitions. He was famous for making big vases and big incense
burners. Pieces are very often signed Made by Watano (綿野) painted by ’’Painter
name’’, in this case Hakusen. It seems that Watano Kichiji did not have a painting
shop in Yokohama and that the painters were located in Kutani area. In 1887 he
enlarged his activities and opened several nishiki (enamel) kilns in Kutani and took
the name of Watano Tenraido (綿野天籟堂). Pieces are signed Tenraido (天籟堂).
TERABAYASHI
寺林

Terabayashi – Taisho – Showa 1 period
TETSUO
鐡應

Yugyyoku-ken, Tetsuo saku
Tetsuo – Meiji period