Yunomi

Yunomi 湯呑み literally means to drink warm water. It is the generic term for a Japanese handless tea cup. There are various kinds of tea cups with specific names depending on the use. Yunomi usually refers to the everyday kind of cup. It is a cynlinder shape and comes in various sizes. Sometimes they come in a set of two, one larger and one smaller. These are "couple cups" called Meoto Yunomi. 

                         This is a lovely Kutani tea cup

         This lovely Yunomi is Mashiko Yaki by Hamada Shinsaku

This is a double lined Yunomi that is a signature type of Yunomi from Fukushima called Obori Soma Yaki or just known as Soma ware in the west. 

These are Yunomi from Miyajima, the island near Hiroshima. 

         Agano Yaki Yunomi by Kozuru Gen

                Hagi Yaki Yunomi by Jyozan

        A pair of Karatsu Yunomi by 14th Nakasato Taroemon

Here is a lovely link from a showing of the many styles of Yunomi made throughout Japan:

http://www.city.himeji.lg.jp/kougei/04kikaku-tenji/04img/20131019yunomi.pdf

SHIBUKUSA YAKI, KOITO YAKI and YAMADA YAKI-Ceramics of TAKAYAMA,GifuPrefecture

SHIBUKUSA-YAKI 渋草焼

Shibukusa Yaki began in 1840 in TAKAYAMA, Gifu Prefecture. It is influenced by Kutani, its neighbor to the west, and Seto to the east. See "Modern Japanese Ceramics-Pathways of Innovation & Tradition" by Crueger, Crueger and Ito pg. 193 and 204.

                                    Toda Ryuzo

　　　　　　　　　戸田柳三

KOITO-YAKI 

Oldest of the ceramic types for this area. It. Died out in the early 1800's but was brought back in 1946.

See "Modern Japanese Ceramics-Pathways of Innovation & Tradition" by Crueger, Crueger and Ito Pg 204.

YAMADA-YAKI 山田焼

Not much is known about the timing of the Yamada kiln. It is considered a folk kiln.

See "Modern Japanese Ceramics-Pathways of Innovation & Tradition" by Crueger, Crueger and Ito Pg 204.

Not All Banko!!

All over the internet you find auction sites that sell "Banko Yaki", but they are not all Banko!! There are a many similar types of wares that have found their way into the "Banko Bucket". Most of these styles were popular in the Meiji/Taisho period though some continued into the Showa period. 

Itsukaku Yaki (pottery of the Itsukushima Shrine) on Miyajima Island, near Hiroshima. 

Ehime Prefecture wares in this motif:

Suigetu Yaki (水月焼)

This is pottery made in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on the Island of Shikoku. This ware started in the Meiji Era by Tsunekata Yoshikawa. It usually has a crab crawling out of it somewhere! 

Rakuzan Yaki 

Niroku Yaki

https://kottou.p-kit.com/page515919.html

Tobe Yaki (砥部焼) 

Tobe Yaki is pottery of Ehime Prefecture. It is most noted for its blue and white porcelain. Some of the wares resemble 3D wares described as Banko in on-line auctions. A shrine or trees are carved into part of the work creating an indented 3D scene. 

(砥部)とべ　and 波六 Niroku ( full name Tomozawa Niroku) 

                  洞窟彫　山水彫  cave or landscape carving

Others:

Chinoike Yaki (Shiga Prefecture) (血池焼)

The most common wares are the ceramic faces. They also make similar 3D cups motif cups, vases and such.

Doro Yaki  (mud fired)

Doro Yaki seems to be a generic term for Banko and similar items being exported.

Yashima Yaki 屋島焼　(aka Rinzo Yaki)

Himeji- Rokyaku Yaki, Nakagawa Rokyoku

鷺脚焼　中川鷺脚

Eiwa Kinsei (栄和謹製)

Eiwa Kinsei is generally export porcelain. It appears to have been exported between the mid to late 1950's-1980's. There are black and gold marks which date to the 50's (on lithophane geisha), a blue square mark which seems to have been used around the same time as the black and gold mark, rare red square mark in bone script probably used in the 1960's, and then most widely seen red mark with block script which is from the 1970's on.

This mark is from the mid to late 1950's 

        This is the Eiwa Kinsei mark with the "Ei" in bone script. My feeling

                 is that this may have been used in the 1960's

          

This mark was used during the 1970's~

Neriage/Nerikomi-The marbled look

Unsen gama 

Uzukumaru (蹲る)- O Thou Squashed Pot.

This shape of a  Japanese vase is called Uzukumaru......which gives the impression of squatting or bowing. Thanks Barbie for letting me use your pictures.....and no, it wasn't a bad day at the kiln! ;)

Japanese Tea Bowls of Many Kinds

     

                                                                                                                                                                           Agano Yaki

Arita/Imari Yaki

Hagi Yaki

Ichinose Yaki 

Izumo

Karatsu

Koda Yaki

Kosobe Yaki

Kyoto/ Kiyomizu Yaki

Kutani Yaki

Mashiko Yaki

Mino Yaki

Shino

                                              Kuro Oribe

Raku Yaki

Satsuma Yaki

Seto Yaki

     Oribe

Shigaraki Yaki

Shodai Yaki

Takatori Yaki

Tanba Yaki