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WADA / Wada
Hogetsu
和田
和田 浦月

Dai Nippon,Wada Hogetsu, Horindo ga

Wada Hogetsu – Late Edo period , see Hogetsu
WATANO
綿野

Watano
Kichijo Kutani Watano (Genuemon) zo Made by
Watano Painted by Hakujuken Nishimura Saichi

Watano
Genuemon

Kaga no Kuni Kutani (Sei) Murakami Ga”

Watano sei, Murakami ga

Potterymark in Yokohama and Kutani.
Watano Genuemon (綿野 源右衛門) was a merchant and had a shop in Terai. He
had started his Kutani business in 1860 and in 1876 he opened a branch office in
Kobe, the Watano Shoten (綿野商店) – Soon the shop was transferred to his son
Watano Kichiji (綿野吉二) and he is well-known under the name of Watano Kichiji
Shoten (綿野吉二商店). The idea was to be present locally on the port to make
business with the foreign companies who had also offices on the port for exporting
Japanese goods. But Watano Kichiji wanted to export directly to foreign countries
without third parties. With the help of Imamura Yurin who had studied overseas he
succeeded in direct export to Europe and in 1880 to sale directly in Paris.