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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ce BCA, post: 3706114, member: 18716&quot;]Yes, that&#039;s a very common position.&nbsp; The reason I think these are later is due to the changes in the Japanese economy.&nbsp; Around 1890 it is accepted quality of Satsuma (and Kutani) dropped due the the worsening economic situation in Japan with the wars and expansionism and loss of interest from the Western markets - this is written about by a number of sources.&nbsp; During WW1 there was further sharp drop in exports to Europe and this I suspect leads to another drop in quality, there seems to be another step change with these very loosely painted forms and the brown bodied slip tubelined examples with soft gold appearing.&nbsp; There seems to be very little scholarly work (in English) that I can find for this period, but I do keep trying to find some detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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