There is much written on Kinkozan which is available on line. I will not give the history of the Kinkozan factory here. I will only say that although Westerners refer to this work as Satsuma, it is not the original Satsuma from the Kagoshima area. Satsuma was produced, mostly for export, in Kyoto and other areas near ports. The quality can vary from excellent to poor, even from the Kinkozan factory. Satsuma wares made for the domestic market are usually more simple, and subdued. Much of the Satsuma for the export market, in my opinion, was rather gaudy and oft times crude, although there are many exceptions to that rule. Kinkozan did produce many exceptional wares. Keep in mind there was another maker that used Kinkozan but the kanji characters were different.
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Tentative dating- 1920's
