Inbande porcelain
Porcelain ware which has repeated designs is named as inbande in
Japanese and it means stamped or impressed. Inbande is normally applied
in under glaze blue color by the different printing methods. Earlier inbande
method is a stencil method known as surie : the color was applied through
the cut design of the stencil paper- katagami which was hand cut and
treated with persimmon juice. Other older method is called konnyakuban.
Konnyaku is a type of Japanese jelly like food product made of konnyaku
potato. Possibly they used a rubber like stamp to repeat the motif or the
design. More modern transfer ware method was introduced from the west in
the Meiji period.
Surie Inbande - crane in the clouds
Seto Imari Surie Inbande Kozara - Meiji period
Inbande Transfer