IMARI PORCELAIN IS A NAME OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN. THE NAME IS FAMILIAR TO THE COLLECTORS FOR MANY YEARS. IMARI WAS FIRST MADE IN HIZEN, CURRENT SAGA AND NAGASAKI PREFECTURES LOCATED IN KYUSHU ISLAND OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF JAPAN IN THE EARLY 17TH CENTURY.
Books by Emiko Gilmore
Books about Japanese porcelains, Imari, Kutani and other porcelains in Japan, about origins and long history over 300 years.
ROAD TO IMARI
“Imari” in Japanese characters, has a foreign flavor of a land far-far-away. Japanese porcelain, Imari traveled across the seas to reach Europe almost 300 years ago.
IMARI OF HIZEN
Hizen is a province located in the northern part of the Kyushu Island of Japan, where the first porcelain ware was produced in Japan. Most of the porcelains were shipped out of Imari port, so it was named “Imari”.
DAISHOJI IMARI
Glory of the export Imari porcelain was reborn by Kutani porcelain makers after the Meiji restoration to the modern era in Japan.