As ceramics did not magically change precisely decade by decade emperor reign by emperor reign there will be some overlap.
Taisho period ceramics.
I woüld place these in the taisho period circa 1920 s.
Late meiji to taisho period 1900 1930.
This post will be mostly deal with the everyday wares that are readily available.
The saucer is 11cm in diameter and the small plate is 13cm.
It is usually distinguished from the preceding chaotic meiji period.
From these influences and with the infusion of japanese motif and sensibilities the satsuma style of ceramics was created.
Politically the country moved toward broader representational government.
It followed the meiji period and represented a continuation of japan s rise on the international scene and liberalism at home.
They were probably made using the same molds as the backs look quite similar.
Thus the era is considered the time of the liberal movement known as the taishō democracy in japan.
Vase meiji period 1868 1912 taisho period 1912 1926.
The taisho era 1912 1926 with all its ups and downs produced wares from the dull to the divine from the mediocre to the magnificent.
Taishō is a period in the history of japan dating from 30 july 1912 to 25 december 1926 coinciding with the reign of the emperor taishō.
Category early 20th century japanese taisho ceramics.
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6 25 x 4 5 item number.
Ceramics and modernity in japan offers a set of critical perspectives on the creation patronage circulation and preservation of ceramics during japan s most dramatic period of modernization the 1860s to 1960s.
The new emperor was a sickly man which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen to the imperial diet of japan and the democratic parties.
Japanese pottery covered box in the style of ogata kenzan with a freely brushed design of flowers spread across its sides in tones of black blue and green taisho period circa 192.
As in other parts of the world ceramics in modern japan developed along the three ontological trajectories of art craft and design.
Taisho period circa 1925.
The saucer size correlates with the sizes of domestic japanese small plates made during that period.
Possibly signed with hidden signature to the boy s backpack see last picture.