Early Japanese Porcelain
The term Shoki-Imari (early Imari) is used to include the very first porcelain made in Japan for the domestic market, generally thought to be from slightly before 1630 to the beginnings of the export market in the late 1650s. The designs were strongly influenced by the Ming Ko-Sometsuke ( “old blue and white“) porcelains made specifically for Japanese tastes and imported into Japan via Portuguese intermediaries as the Chinese Ming government had banned trade with Japan. In early Imari porcelains you can also see the influence of the earlier Japanese Karatsu ceramic wares which often featured loosely painted, fluid strokes in iron-brown pigment.
current offerings
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Plate with Arrowhead Plant Design
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Chrysanthemum in a Nyoi Border
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Plate with Arrowhead Plant Design
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Water Plant Design
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Chrysanthemum in a Nyoi Border
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Plate with Arrowhead Plant Design
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Chrysanthemum in a Nyoi Border
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Chrysanthemum in a Nyoi Border
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Chrysanthemum in a Nyoi Border
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Landscape Design
17th Century Impressive Shoki-Imari Blue and White Charger with Landscape Design
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Dish with Chrysanthemum in a Nyoi Border
17th Century Impressive Shoki-Imari Blue and White Charger with Landscape Design
17th Century Impressive Shoki-Imari Blue and White Charger with Landscape Design
17th Century Impressive Shoki-Imari Blue and White Charger with Landscape Design
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Karakusa Octagonal Dish
17th Century Impressive Shoki-Imari Blue and White Charger with Landscape Design
17th Century Impressive Shoki-Imari Blue and White Charger with Landscape Design
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Egret Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Warbler Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Warbler Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Warbler Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Warbler Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Warbler Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Moulded Bamboo Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Porcelain Warbler Dish
17th Century Shoki-Imari Blue and White Moulded Bamboo Dish