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KOZAN /Miyagawa
Kozan /
光山 / [宮川 香山
故山
Makuzu workshop
真葛

NB: Makuzu Kozan b.
1842 was one of the
major producers of 光山
high-quality Satsuma Miyagawa Kōzan (1842 - 1916) potter
pottery.
(Makuzu kiln (1871 - 195 9)

The Makuzu workshop was founded in Yokohama in 1871 by the Kyoto potter
Miyagawa Kozan (42 川 香山 1842-1916). It initially produced Satsuma-style
pottery painted in polychrome enamel and gold, but during the 1880s it
focused more and more on making porcelain decorated in Chinese style.
Satsuma-like pieces marked “Kozan” can also be classified as Makuzu ware or
Yokohama goods. Pieces are marked as Kozan, or Makuzu, or both, brands that
can be drawn or impressed. Kozan I became a Teishitsu Gigeiin or imperial artist
in 1896 and died in 1916. His first son, Hanzan, followed the furnace’s head in
1912 and was run by him in the early Showa era. In 1917 Hanzan officially took
the name Kozan II after a year of mourning for the death of his father. The
Kozan studio produced some of the highest quality ceramics made in Japan and
participated in many of the major international exhibitions in Europe and
America, as well as in domestic exhibitions during the Meiji era. In addition to
other achievements, the oven was commissioned to present the works to the
Prince of Wales, the 25-year anniversary gift for the Taisho emperor and the
coronation gift Showa Emperors. During the bombed bombing of Yokohama in
1945, the Makuzu furnace and showroom were completely destroyed.
See: Hanzan, Miyagawa Hanzan
KOZAN /others as
Makuzo
光山
故山
甲山
江山
Hirako Kozan
(平子故山)