Author: EMIKO GILMORE

From early to late Showa period, except the interruption of the war, Imari porcelain stayed in the lists of Japanese export. The production of porcelain in Japan was improved by the newer technology and it increased more quantity and quality. Old Imari style of porcelains was continued to be made in the different areas in…

Shida district in Shiota had its heyday of the Imari porcelain industry in the late Edo period (18100-1860). It developed distinctive styles of playful motif drawn with thick and thin brushes. Almost all their porcelains made in the Edo period are hand-painted in blue. Mainly they produced household wares of various sizes of plates and…