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YASUDA
安田
Yasuda-logo
Dai Nippon 大日本
- Kyoto 京都 - Yasuda 安田 Sei 製 (made by Yasuda). The mark is of Yasuda Gensei
(15th generation), just before he and his brother Yasuda Yoshizaburo founded the
Kyoto Tojiki Goshi Kaisha in 1896. They hired a number of excellent painters to
produce quality Satsuma ware. These pieces usually have the well-known Yasuda
logo as a mark together with the name of the painter. Yasuda Gensei died in 1932.
Kyoto Tojiki, Goshi Kaisha
Yasuda, companyame – Late Meiji-Taisho period.
Ware from the Yasuda workshop / a.k.a. Kyoto Tojiki Goshi Kaisha (or Toki Goshi
Gaisha) 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, Kizan, Hozan, Kanzan, Seikozan, Shuzan and
Unzan.
See also: Kyoto Tojiki Goshi Kaisha
YASUFUKU
安福
Satsuma Kuni Yasufuku zo
Yasufuku – Meiji-Taisho period