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Magnificent Porcelains that Crossed the Sea

January 29, 2009—February 25, 2009

After the Meiji restoration (1868), New York became the primary market for modern Japanese porcelain. Morimura-kumi (now Noritake Company Ltd.) played a leading role in Japan’s porcelain export industry at that time.  On March 10,1876, Toyo Morimura, a step brother of the founder of Morimura-kumi, Morimura Ichizameon, boarded the American ocean liner Oceanic bound for the United States. Toyo ended up becoming one of the founders of The Nippon Club, the oldest Japanese Social Club in the US.

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