Porcelain and blue underglaze decoration in Kabuku style (mm 115x115x50).
Ko-Imari porcelains are generally painted with an underglaze blue decoration on a white background.
Imari was the name of the port through which the wares produced in Arita were transited before being exported. The kilns of Arita were the heart of the Japanese porcelain industry, which developed in the 17th century, after porcelain clay (kaolinite) was discovered in 1616 by the Korean potter Yi Sam-pyeong (1579–1655).
Kabuku is an aesthetic that favors the asymmetry of compositional elements, very popular in Japan in the Edo period. The most frequently represented decorative elements are the spider web, the herons, the moon and Mount Fuji.