Large Satsuma (Yokohama Satsuma) earthenware dish, Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) This dish features a polychrome and gilded decoration depicting a Shinto ceremony. In the background, against a backdrop of mountains, we see a Shinto shrine, from which a procession of women and children starts, busy with various activities: carrying palanquins and chests, playing various musical instruments. On the reverse, a gold and red enamel mark consisting of two crossed Japanese flags and the inscription Daï Nipponkoku tei Hotoda sei zō - 大日本国帝保土田製造. Diameter: 31 cm