Place Names In Marks On Ceramics from China and Japan

China China c.1900–present Republic of China 1912–1949 People’s Republic of China 1949–present Hong Kong 1842–1997 (reverted to People’s Republic of China in 1997) Japan Nippon (the Japanese name for Japan) 1891–1921 Japan or Made in Japan 1921–1945; 1952–present Made in Occupied Japan 1945–1952