Marking Kaga

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All these signatures bear the Kaga no Kuni mark. It means that these ceramics were produced in Kaga Han (today Kanazawa) Kaga Han and Daishoji Han merged in 1871 to give Ishikawa prefecture. However at this period the name Kaga was widely used in Japan and also overseas to designate more generally the ceramic produced in the area. The name Kaga was later replaced by Kutani. Meiji - Taisho period
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	The first raw shows generic Kaga marking. Therefore these marking cannot be connected with any specific kiln.
1	-
-	Kaga no Kuni Kutani Zo	Kaga Kutani (old kanji, but the seal is rather showa period)	Kaga no Kuni Kutani Sei
	From raws 2, marking bear the mark of a potter, kiln or shop or at least some kind of identification which can be traced to the manufacturing place.
2	-
	Kaga Kutani Imoto Sei Umeda Ga	Kaga no kuni Kutani Seiyado Sei no ?shi Ga	Kaga Kutani Ide sei Naka?ga 加賀　九谷井出製　中?　画
3
-	Kaga Minami Sei	Kaga Kaburaki Sei Kutani	Kaga no kuni Oda Sei
5
	Kaganokuni 　Kutani Sei　　Syuzan Do 加賀国九谷製秀山堂	Kaga Taniguchi Sei	Kaga no kuni Kutani Zo ?
6
	Kaga no Kuni Watano Sei	Kaga Kutani Watano sei	(Ka missing) Kaga Kutani Watano kinSei
7
	Kaga no kuni Oite Kutani Watano sei	Kaga no kuni Kutani Zo Watano Sei	Kaga no kuni Watano Sei Ishiura ga
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	-	Kaga no kuni Kutani Ide sei Nakano Ga	-
9
	Kaga no kuni Watatani sei	Kaga Watatani Sei	Kaga no kuni Watatani Sei