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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4479807, member: 18716"]Katakana is primarily used to phonetically spell out foreign words, so modern Western words are usually in katakana, also names etc. Each character has a sound associated with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is why the mark is also unusual, why would a Japanese company use the phonetic form for their mark? It doesn't really help for export, but would make sense for the home market as Japanese speakers would be able to pronounce the word from the Katakana. So possibly such pieces were made for the home market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4479807, member: 18716"]Katakana is primarily used to phonetically spell out foreign words, so modern Western words are usually in katakana, also names etc. Each character has a sound associated with it. This is why the mark is also unusual, why would a Japanese company use the phonetic form for their mark? It doesn't really help for export, but would make sense for the home market as Japanese speakers would be able to pronounce the word from the Katakana. So possibly such pieces were made for the home market.[/QUOTE]
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