Japan: Noritake Collection 2015
This video introduces u to worldly famous Noritake (“No.ri.ta.ke”) collection. These are highly sought out collectors’ items.
This video shows u only a handful of such Noritake art-works.
Noritake is a tableware and technology company headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi-prefecture in Japan. The simplified version of the company’s history is as follows (sources of the information: Wikipedia):
1876 Mr. Ichizaemon Morimura VI and his younger brother, Toyo, founded “Morimura Gumi” (or Morimura Group) with the intent of establishing overseas trading by a Japanese company.
1878 Toyo had established a business in New York, selling Japanese antiques and other goods, including pottery.
1881 The company was renamed as “Morimura Brothers.”
In the 1890s, Morimura Brothers became from retail to wholesale operations and started working on design improvements for the pottery and porcelain ware, which had become one-third of its business.
1899 All of the pottery and porcelain decorating factories in Tokyo and Kyoto had been consolidated in Nagoya, and the company started research on creating European-style hard white porcelain in Japan.
1904 Key members of this trading company created the Nippon Toki Kaisha, Ltd. (the Company that makes J's Finest China) in Japan.
A new factory was built in Noritake, near Nagoya
(As of May 2015, the address is as follows:
Noritake-shinmachi (= Noritake-new city),
Nishi-ku (= West district),
Nagoya, Aichi-prefecture, JAPAN.
U can purchase Noritake via their company Web site.
Note: As to eBay et al, one should be extra-careful for they may not
be “real Noritake.”)
1914 The company succeeded in creating their first Western-style dinner set, called Sedan, to compete with European porcelain companies. Nippon Toki wares were mostly aimed at the European Market. This forerunner of the modern Noritake Company was founded in the village of Noritake, a small suburb near Nagoya. Most of the company’s early wares carried one of the various “Nippon” back stamps to indicate its country of origin when exported to Western markets. Many collectors agree that the best examples of “Nippon-era” (1891~1921) hand painted porcelain carry a back stamp used by Noritake during the Nippon era.
1923 Nippon Toki was looking to streamline its paperwork using machines to handle large orders coming in from the U.S., and it was impressed by the Hollerith tabulating machines manufactured by the Computing Tabulating Recording Company (CTR).
1925 Morimura-Brothers entered into a sole agency agreement with CTR (which had been renamed IBM in 1924) to import the Hollerith machines into Japan. The first Hollerith tabulator in Japan was installed at Nippon Pottery in Sept. 1925, making Noritake an IBM customer #1 in Japan.
1939 Noritake started selling industrial grinding wheels based on its porcelain finishing technology. It now provides ceramic and diamond grinding and abrasive solutions for many industries.
Other products currently manufactured by Noritake, also derived from its core tableware manufacturing technologies, include thick film circuit substrates, engineering ceramics, ceramic powder, and vacuum fluorescent displays, as well as heating furnaces and kilns, mixing technology, filtration systems, and cutting and grinding machines.
Although consumers and collectors alike have called the tableware, Noritake (and/or simply, Nippon) since the late 1920s, the Japanese-parent company did not officially change its name to the Noritake Co., Limited until 1981.
Evidently, since Noritake is the name of a place, the company was initially prohibited from registering the name as a trading name.
2015 The Noritake Garden in Nagoya features the production of its ceramics and crystal glassware. Today, they also produce dentures for global people are ageing fast and perhaps most of them desire to stay beautiful… ; )
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Description
Beautiful Kutani Japanese sake cup (guinomi in Japanese). Kutani-ware has been produced in Japan for over 300 years within remote villages of the 'nine valleys' (Kutani means nine valleys) region of Kaga province in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture (please see map below). Noted for it's fine brush work and delicate porcelain, Kutani kilns have produced some of Japan's finest ceramic art through generations of refined production. Though the actual origins of Kutani-ware are uncertain, we know that the kilns of the nine valleys were long supported through the patronage of the powerful Maeda clan who were the hereditary rulers of the region.
About the Listed Item
This splendid Kutani porcelain sake cup features the hand-painted image of an old man and woman seated together. Stylized calligraphy, possibly a poem, decorates the inner lip and the Kutani mark can be seen on the underside of the cup. This sake cup was made during the mid to late Japanese Showa period (1926-1989) and is in good condition with nocracks thoug there are two chips along the lip of the cup. The cup was acquired in the beautiful and historic city of Shizuoka, Japan near the foot of Mt. Fuji. Click here to see additional high-quality Kutani ceramic items available for purchase from our eBay store The Old Tokaido or click here to see more sake cups!
Size:
Height: 1.1 inches (2.8 centimeters)
Diameter: 1.8 inches (4.7 centimeters)
Weight: 0.7 ounces (19 grams)
Important note:
Images of the Kutani items we list are often uploaded to our Japanese Kutani Art blog which is an on-line gallery of unique and interesting examples of fine Kutani art. The purpose of this blog is strictly to share images of some of the wonderful Kutani pieces we encounter in the course of our work, and to provide a digital archive to preserve these images into the future. If you purchase a Kutani item from us and do not want a digital copy of your purchase displayed in the photo blog or archive then please simply send us an email indicating your preference and we will promptly remove the image.
More about Japanese sake and sake utensils
Sake has long been an important part of Japanese culture. In the past, sake was considered a very special item, reserved for only the most important occasions, such as weddings, birth celebrations and other auspicious events. Sake was considered a sacred drink, and accordingly the first glass poured was always offered to the gods before the remainder could be shared among the celebrants. Sake can be served either warm or cold and special sake flasks are used to both prepare and dispense this unique Japanese drink. Sake is warmed either by immersing the flask (already filled with sake of course) into warm water until the desired temperature is reached or through the use of a special sake kettle called a choshi. The latter method however, though common in old Japan, is today usually reserved for ceremonial events only. Over time, sake utensils, such as cups have developed their own ritual significance which is still evident in modern Japan. For example, it is today common at Japanese engagement parties for the man and woman to exchange sake cups as a sign of their mutual intent to marry. Very beautiful sake cups are also given away to celebrate the birth of a child, as these cherished items are considered symbolic of the significance of the new parent-child relationship. Though normally small in size, sake cups and flasks have long been used in Japan as a medium for the expression of art and calligraphy. Hand-painted cups and flasks are highly collectable both within and outside Japan and are eagerly sought after by collectors who value their utilitarian nature and artistic splendor.
item code: R3S6B1R5-0005636
category code: SAKECUP
ship code: L2160
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