refers to a type of

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produced in and around the area of Kawana (川名), today Kawanayama-chō (川名山町) in Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, central Japan. It is of the ''sometsuke'' (染付)

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type, but notable for using the English technique of

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History

In Japan,

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plate was attempted at the end of the

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. This technique was used in Mino's

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(里泉焼) from

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and Owari's Kawana ware from Nagoya. In the Buddhist temple Kōjaku-in (香積院) compound in Kawana village, a

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was opened in the middle of the Kaei era (1848–54) by Kato Shinshichi (加藤新七), who was a disciple of the third generation Kawamoto Jihyoe (三代川本治兵) from

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. Regular ''sometsuke'' ware was initially produced, however craftsmen from Seto protested against it. In reaction Kato Shinshichi tried a new direction by producing items with copper plate transfer printing. In Europe the transfer printing technique for ceramic ware was developed in the 18th century. This technique enables the production of patterns of consistent quality. The size of the kiln and the resulting production volume at Kōjaku-in was small and sales numbers were commercially limited. The kiln operated until 1888. In Japan only starting in Meiji 20 (1887) did large-scale industrial production commence in

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The Nagoya City Museum owns a collection of Kawana ware.

Characteristics

Smaller-sized items were produced such as cups and bottles, but some rare larger items also exist. Patterns were in blue-and-white ''sometsuke'', depicting European-style ladies, western-style sailing ships, soldiers and the like, by a copperplate transfer printing technique. On the bottom of the stand the stamp "''Dainihon O(wari)-shū Kawanayama sei''" (大日本張州川名山製) would be found.

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* http://aucview.aucfan.com/yahoo/g134486364/ * https://sites.google.com/site/bandwresearch/home/imbande/roots/kawana {{Japanese ceramics Culture in Nagoya History of Nagoya Japanese porcelain Shōwa-ku

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