DUPRS_0072 Japanese Ceramic Fragments

DUPRS_0072 Japanese Ceramic Fragments

White Ceramic fragments labeled “Made in Japan”

White ceramic fragments with floral and geometric designs, as well as a woman in traditional Japanese dress holding a box (or square lantern).

Manufacturer Unknown
Labeled “Made in Japan”

Selective Surface collection, East Stanley Park, Historic Chatham Township (modern Summit, New Jersey)

Drew University, Department of Anthropology, Drew University Passaic River Survey

1921-1941

Veronica Madrigal (Fall 2021)

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Ceramic

From 1921-1941, exports from Japan were to be marked “Made in Japan” or “Japan.” Previously, ceramics and other wares exported from Japan had been labelled “Nippon,” until they were mandated by Congress to change it to “Made in Japan.” Post-World War II, exports were labelled “Made in Occupied Japan” until the early 1950s, where it changed to just “Made in Japan.” (Stitt, Irene. Japanese Ceramics of the Last 100 Years. Crown Publishers, 1974).