这本《MEIJI CERAMICS(精)》主要内容是：Japan opened itself to the rest of the world in the mid-nine-teenth century under pressure from the USA.

The author examines the history of Japanese export porcelain in the Meiji era in the context of political, economic and cultural developments and with special emphasis on stylistic influence from the West. The more than 150 illustrations reproduce major items made in all the main centres of ceramics production, including Arita, Kutani, Kyoto, Satsuma, Seto and Tokyo, by a wide variety of artist-craftsmen, among them Ito To0zan, Kanzan Denshichi, Kinkozan Sobei, Miyagawa Kozan, Seifu Yohei, Taizan Yohei and Yabu Meizan. The domestic market and national exhibitions, leading craftsmen, manufacturers and trading companies, inscriptions and marks are the subject of appendices. A detailed chronology, a glossary and a bibliography complete this first-ever comprehensive account of Japanese export ceramics in the Meiji era.

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART ONE THE CONTEXT

 CHAPTER ONE NEW DIRECTIONS IN JAPANESE FINE AND DECORATIVE ARTS

Introduction

Manufacture and Distribution

 Shokusan kogyo and its

 Implementation

 National Industrial Exhibitions

 Export Companies

 Workshops: Reorganization in

 Response to New Challenges

Arts and Crafts and the Public

 The Ryuchi-kai

 The Kanga Kai

 The Teishitsu Gigei-in

 Craftsmen's Affiliations

 CHAPTER TWO JAPANESE ARTS AND CRAFTS AND THE WEST: INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS, 1862-1900

The International Exhibition of 1862 in London

The Exposition Universelle of 1867 in Paris

The World Fair of 1873 in Vienna

The American Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia

The Exposition Universelle of 1878 in Paris

Changing Attitudes to Japanese Fine and Decorative Arts, from the Late 1870s to the Early 1890s

 The West

 Japan

The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago

The Exposition du Siecle of 1900 in Paris

PART TWO EXPORT CERAMICS

 CHAPTER THREE CHRONOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, MARKETING, TECHNOLOGY

Chronology

Geography and Marketing

 Pre-Meiji Era

 The Domestic Market

 The Leading Centres

  Arita and Environs

  Seto

  Kyoto

  Kutani

  Satsuma

  Tokyo

Technology

 CHAPTER FOUR STYLISTIC CHARACTERISTICS; SATSUMA

Painted Decoration

 The Role of the Seihin Gazu-gakari

 in the Early Meiji Era

 Influences During the Middle and

 Late Meiji Era

Shapes

 Far Eastern Elements

 Western Influence

Satsuma

 The Early Period

 Clay and Colours

 Types of Decoration

 Yabu Meizan

 Kyo Satsuma

  Taizan Yohei

  Ito Tozan

  Kinkozan Sobei VI and VII

 CHAPTER FIVE STYLISTIC DEVELOPMENTS AND EXPONENTS

Kutani

Arita and Hirado

  Arita Wares

  Hirado

  The Koransha

  The Seiji Kaisha

  The Fukagawa Seiji Kaisha

  Seto and the Etsuke Workshops of

  Nagoya and Yokohama

  Seto Wares

  Nagoya and Yokohama Etsuke

Kyoto

  Kanzan Denshichi

  Eiraku Zengoro

  Kiyomizu Rokubei

  Suwa Sozan

  Seifu Yohei III

Tokyo and Yokohama

  The Kingama and the Hy0chiengama

  Gottfried Wagener and Asahi Wares

  Kato Tomotaro

  Takemoto Hayata

Miyagawa Kozan I

APPENDICES

 APPENDIX A: THE DOMESTIC MARKET

 Rural Workshops

 Shigaraki and Bizen

 Tea Ceramics

 APPENDIX B: LEADING CRAFTSMEN, MANUFACTURERS AND TRADING COMPANIES

 APPENDIX C: BIJUTSU AND BIJUTSUKOGEI AT NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITIONS

 APPENDIX D: INSCRIPTIONS AND MARKS

 APPENDIX E: FREQUENTLY CITED JAPANESE PROPER NAMES AND TERMS

 CHRONOLOGY

 GLOSSARY

 BIBLIOGRAPHY

 INDEX