To immediately obtain a better understanding of the many names that occurs in Japanese pottery and porcelain, I think the map is available here which shows the most common areas of the oven and cities will be useful.
Regarding the dates, names the following Japanese historical period are most commonly met with:
Momoyama period (1573-1603)
Edo period (1603-1867) or less divided into early, middle or end of Edo. Sometimes it was Genroku (1688-1703) when popular culture is distinguished blooms.
Meiji (1868-1913)
Taisho (1913-1926)
Showa (1926-1988), where "early Showa" is often used to cover the Showa reign before 1945, and
Heisei (1988-present)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
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