Watanabe’s curio shop ( 渡邊美術店 , literally translated, “Watanabe Fine Art Store”) was established in 1879 by WATANABE Chozo 渡邊長蔵 in Sumiyoshi-cho, Yokohama; later it moved to 2 chome Bentendori, and was listed at that address in the 1920 Japan Trading Guidance (i.e., The Japan Trade Guide) published...
I believe these were retailed by a curio shop in Yokohama. Watanabe’s curio shop ( 渡邊美術店 , literally translated, “Watanabe Fine Art Store”) was established in 1879 by WATANABE Chozo 渡邊長蔵 in Sumiyoshi-cho, Yokohama; later it moved to 2 chome Bentendori, and was listed at that address in the 1920 Jap...
RE: Kawauchi Muneaki KAWAUCHI Muneaki （ 河内宗明 ，1889-1962), was based in Tokyo. He signed his work with his artist's name, Muneaki, followed by 作 （ saku , "made" or "made by"), in an ancient form of Chinese characters. 宗明作 Muneaki is equally well remembered as having trained one of...
Thank you for posting this additional information. I had at first thought this might be part of a larger tea or coffee service. Sometimes, makers only put full marks on the principle pieces and merely marked the remaining pieces with a silver guarantee. A search for Japanese silver tea and /or coffe...
As Adrien has indicated, without clearer photos, identification is virtually impossible. Providing the dimensions and weight of the object would also be helpful. The mark is, of course, the Japanese jungin mark. I can think of no documented example of this mark being applied by the Japanese to an un...
Hi Silversurf "Jungin," literally translated, means "pure silver." Generally, Japanese "pure silver" was at the same standard or higher than sterling silver (92.5%), but as far as I know the mark itself did not indicate any definite percentage of silver. There are many ...