Satsuma pottery

Japan

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In pottery: Stoneware and earthenware
…popular under the name of Satsuma and was copied avidly at Worcester and elsewhere (see below Japan: 19th and 20th centuries).
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In Japanese pottery: 19th century and beyond
…the period is the so-called Satsuma pottery, most of which was made not at Satsuma but at Kyōto and then sent to Tokyo to be decorated especially for export. The designs are overcrowded and debased, and its popularity undoubtedly retarded an appreciation of work in the true Japanese taste among…
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In pottery: 19th and 20th centuries
…the period is the so-called Satsuma pottery, most of which was made not at Satsuma but at Kyōto and then sent to Tokyo to be decorated especially for export. The designs are overcrowded and debased, and its popularity undoubtedly retarded an appreciation of work in the true Japanese taste among…
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