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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ce BCA, post: 4399420, member: 18716&quot;]I&#039;m not sure what the etymology is, but it usually means small, or phonetic &#039;ko&#039; in the On reading, and &#039;Ok/Os&#039; in the Kun.&nbsp; They seem to use the Kun for this maker which is unusual, most use the On (old Chinese) reading.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is earthenware, it wouldn&#039;t be Satsuma otherwise, the crackle and colour gives it away.</p><p><br /></p><p>The style does look later, but the references I have suggests this maker was active in the Meiji period and moved to metal work later in the Taisho/Showa.&nbsp; Details are sketchy though so can&#039;t be certain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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