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Kashu Sanpei, a nephew of the founder Kashu Minpei (1796-1871), took over the running of the workshop in 1867. He later moved to Tokyo to set up a factory specialising in ceramics for export. The coffee set was part of a group of over 200 ceramics bought on behalf of the V&A by the Japanese Exposition commissioners with funds provided by Philip Cunliffe-Owen, an ardent Japanophile who was director of the V&A from 1874 to 1893. The instructions sent to the commissioners were that they should ‘make an historical collection of porcelain and pottery from the earliest period until the present time, to be formed in such a way as to give fully the history of the art.’","physicalDescription":"Coffee pot with lid, part of a coffee service. 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