Kakiemon
Around 1659, Arita's production of overglaze enameled porcelain expanded with exports to Europe and other countries in full swing, and with this expansion came rapid advances in techniques for producing whiter, scratch-free, and distortion-free substrates. Under such circumstances, overlaid porcelain featuring bright, delicate, and picturesque compositions with ample margins on a soft and warm milky-white base began to be produced.
By the 1670s, the technique was technically perfected and the so-called "Kakiemon style" was established.
The Kakiemon style of iroe porcelain was highly valued not only in Japan but also abroad, and was transported in large quantities to Europe and other countries by the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It is said that European royalty and aristocrats were fascinated by the gorgeous colored porcelain they saw for the first time, and even competed to acquire it to decorate their palaces and residences.
This "Kakiemon style" became the fashionable style of Arita's overglaze enameling until around the 1690s, and many pieces with a similar atmosphere were produced not only on milky-white base porcelain, but also on white porcelain with a bluish tinge and on base porcelain with underglaze blue. These are now generally referred to as "Kakiemon style.
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