Autograph (2 characters or less)
A character

2 characters
Autograph (3 or more characters)
3 characters
4 or more characters
Circle marks
Circle marks
Oval marks
Oval marks
Gourd marks
Gourd marks
Rectangle marks
Rectangle marks
Square marks (relief)
Square marks (relief)
Square marks (hollow relief)
Square marks (hollow relief)
Square marks (handwriting)
Other marks
Other marks



Types of Japanese pottery and porcelain

Map of Japan

Hokkaido / Otaru pottery / Hakodate pottery
Aomori / Hachinohe pottery / Tsugaru pottery / Towadako pottery
Akita / Naraoka pottery
Iwate / Kokuji pottery / Dai pottery
Yamagata / Hirashimizu pottery / Shinjohigashiyama pottery / Narushima pottery / Honma pottery / Miyama pottery
Miyagi / Kirigome pottery
Fukishima / Aizuhongo pottery / Koito pottery / Obori-soma pottery / Soma-koma pottery
Gunma / Ikaho pottery / Tsukiyono pottery
Tochigi / Mashiko pottery / Koisago pottery
Ibaraki / Kasama pottery / Edo-korakuen pottery
Saitama / Hanno pottery
Chiba / Shinshu pottery
Tokyo / Sumidagawa pottery / Mizuno pottery / Sumida pottery / Tamagawa pottery / Imado pottery / Asahi pottery
Kanagawa / Kamakura pottery
Nigata / Mumyoi pottery / Sekisui pottery / Manoyama pottery
Nagano / Obayashi pottery / Takato pottery / Mikasa pottery / Asama pottery / Matsushiro pottery
Yamanashi / Noketsu pottery / Fujigoko pottery
Shizuoka / Shitoro pottery / Moriyama pottery / Shizuhata pottery
Toyama / Etchuseto pottery / Kosugi pottery
Ishikawa / Kutani porcelain / Ohi pottery / Suzu pottery / Uguisudani pottery / Suisaka pottery / Daishoji Imari
Gifu / Mino pottery / Shino pottery / Oribe pottery / Yoro pottery / Shibukusa porcelain / Kinkazan pottery / Nishiura porcelain
Aichi / Seto pottery / Tokoname pottery / Ofuke pottery / Inuyama pottery / Akazu pottery / Fujimi pottery / Akogi pottery / Oro pottery / Sobokai pottery / Sasashima pottery / Azuma porcelain / Rakurakuen pottery / Yosamu pottery / Suisetsu pottery / Shinonome pottery / Kosenjo pottery
Fukui / Echizen pottery / Awara pottery / Wakasa pottery
Shiga / Shigaraki pottery / Zeze pottery / Okei pottery / Shimoda porcelain / Koto porcelain / Hira pottery / Fuji pottery / Ubagamochi pottery / Bairin pottery / Karasaki pottery / Kagamiyama pottery
Mie / Iga pottery / Banko pottery / Mihama pottery / Isuzu pottery / Kamijiyama pottery / Kozan pottery
Kyoto / Kiyomizu pottery / Raku pottery / Asahi pottery / Seikanji pottery / Tamamizu pottery / Okei pottery / Rozan pottery / Yamashina pottery / Kaseyama porcelain / Iwakura pottery / Mizoro pottery / Yasaka pottery / Gentaku pottery / Bunzan pottery / Nanzenji pottery / Murasakino pottery / Kameyama pottery / Otafukuan pottery / Ryoanji pottery / Oshikoji pottery / Nanzan pottery / Awata pottery / Arashiyama pottery / Ippodo pottery / Uji pottery
Nara / Akahada pottery
Osaka / Kikko pottery / Kosobe pottery / Minoh pottery / Sakuraisato pottery / Minato pottery / Naniwa pottery
Wakayama / Zuishi pottery / Takamatsu pottery / Otokoyama porcelain / Kishu pottery / Zenmyoji pottery
Hyogo / Tamba pottery / Izushi porcelain / Sanda celadon / Awaji pottery / Onokoro pottery / Furuichi porcelain / Kotoura pottery / Ako-unka pottery / Kujaku pottery / Tajima pottery / Akashi pottery / Maiko pottery / Tozan porcelain / Uchide pottery / Sasayama pottery / Asagiri pottery
Tottori / Inkyuzan pottery / Ushinoto pottery / Hosshouji pottery
Okayama / Bizen pottery / Soen pottery / Mushiake pottery / Okayama-korakuen pottery / Sakatsu pottery / Konko pottery
Shimane / Sesshu pottery / Fujina pottery / Sodeshi pottery / Hachiman pottery / Kinzan pottery / Izumo pottery / Ito porcelain / Mori pottery
Hiroshima / Miyajima pottery / Kumano pottery / Himetani pottery
Yamaguchi / Hagi pottery / Horikoshi pottery / Shofuzan pottery / Tada pottery
Kagawa / Rihei pottery / Yashima pottery / Tomida pottery / Gennai pottery
Tokushima / Otani pottery / Niroku pottery
Ehime / Suigetsu pottery / Kozan pottery / Tobe porcelain
Kochi / Uchiharano pottery / Odo pottery / Nosayama porcelain
Fukuoka / Agano pottery / Takatori pottery / Hoshino pottery / Toyatei pottery / Yanagihara pottery / Takanoha pottery / Ichinose pottery / Koishiwara pottery
Oita / Onta pottery / Chinoike pottery
Miyazaki / Miyakonojo pottery
Kumamoto / Shodai pottery / Isshochi pottery / Koda pottery / Mizunodaira pottery / Oda porcelain
Kagoshima / Satsuma pottery / Sakurajima pottery / Chotaro pottery / Naeshirogawa pottery / Tanegashima pottery / Isooniwa pottery
Saga / Arita porcelain (Imari) / Karatsu pottery / Shida porcelain / Tokoji pottery / Kuromuta pottery / Shiraishi pottery
Nagasaki / Utsutsugawa pottery / Taishu porcelain / Mikawachi porcelain / Kameyama porcelain / Hasami porcelain / Nagayo porcelain / Shiga pottery
Okinawa / Tsuboya pottery



Chronological list of Raku Kichizaemon marks (41 marks)

Chronological list of Old Noritake marks (99 marks)

Chronological list of Old Imari marks (192 marks)

Chronological list of Kiyomizu Rokubey marks (37 marks)

Chronological list of Ohi Chozaemon marks (35 marks)

Chronological list of Eiraku Zengoro marks (42 marks)

Potters born in the Edo period (1603-1868)

Living national treasure pottery artists

imperial household artists