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This 1879 Print Shows How Japan Outsourced Its Way to Global Fame
4 August 2025 · Japan Annotations
An 1879 print of Japanese porcelain painters offers an unexpected portrait of Meiji industry. Export ceramics brought together painstaking handwork, overseas markets and new ideas about production. Who were the artisans behind the objects admired abroad, and how did their methods fit a changing economy? Explore the scene through its tools, workers and carefully decorated vessels.


