The Osaka Museum of History holds the principal Japanese research collection of Meizan’s work, and this large vase is among its most important pieces. Its title records three subjects: Mount Fuji, wisteria and peacocks. This is an ambitious combination of landscape and bird-and-flower painting on a scale well beyond the studio’s typical small cabinet wares. The museum dates it to between 1897 and 1926.
The vase was given to the museum by Morita Kazuko. Its significance lies partly in its context. The Osaka collection preserves not only finished wares but also the working materials of the studio, including undecorated Satsuma blanks and the copper plates used to transfer designs. It also holds an early charger marked ‘Meizan sei’. Together these allow the vase to be studied alongside the means of its production. The museum presented its holdings in the exhibition ‘YABU MEIZAN’ in 2025. Detailed measurements and the mark are not published on the museum’s website.