11. Yasuda Gensei

YASUDA  Yasuda Gensei ( b. unknown—d. 1932)

安田

KYOTO TOJIKI GOSHI KAISHA (Company name)

陶磁噐 合資 會社

The Yasuda Kyoto Tojiki Goshikaisha (Kyoto Ceramic Joint StockCompany) was founded in 1896 by Yasuda Gensei and his brother Yasuda Yoshizaburo. It was trading and producing a large range of products from bamboo-bastes and cloisonnee vases to Awata porcelain and Satsuma faience.  In spite of all the ware of mediocre quality what also was produced by Yasuda, for collectors the Yasuda company became equivalent to hIgh quality ware. 

The fame  is due to the number of excellent painters and decorators who worked for the compony and put their signature on their ware with the Yaduda logo.  Among them was Okamoto Ryozan who is considered one of the best artists of Satsuma-ware. But many more very good artists  have worked for Yasuda and his logo can be found along with the signature of Sozan, Kizan, Hozan, Kanzan, Seikozan, Shuzan, Yuzan and Seikozan. These were all excellent artists who contributed to the reputation of the Yasuda company as a producer of very high quality Satsuma pottery.