Inbande

Inbande porcelain is decorated with a printed pattern, stamped or transferred.  

A simple impressed pattern applied by a soft rubber like stamp is known as
konnyaku-ban method.


Surie or katagami-suri is a method of printing applied by a stencil paper, also
known as katagami.

And later in the Meiji period, a new copper plate transfer method was introduced
from Europe.


                     Katagami-suri Inbande with a flying crane in the cloud
Copper plate transfer inbande with birds and flowers
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Methods