Kutani mark

Made in Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952

      Private collection

 

During the period of occupation by US and in order to restart the economy, the export of products was authorized on the conditions that all exported products be marked with one of the following labels :

Therefore theoretically 50 % of the pieces manufactured during this period should have been marked as "occupied Japan" but in fact far less have been marked such a way and these pieces are now getting rare and becoming collectors items.