Noritake Keltcraft Misty Isle Mendocino Cup & Saucer ??does anyone know where the name Mendocino originates.?

Answer 1

From San Francisco To Mendocino, California.
(150 miles):
Go North on Van Ness Ave. for 3 miles to US 101 (across the Golden Gate Bridge)
Go Northwest on US 101 for 87 miles, through Santa Rosa to State Rte 128 (at Cloverdale)
Go Northwest on State Rte 128, through Boonville, for 52 miles to State Rte 1 (at the mouth of the Navarro River on the Mendocino Coast)
Go North on State Rte 1 for 9 miles (through Albion & Little River)...
...to Mendocino

I was a bit puzzled by this thinking that the manufacturer was Irish, 'Misty Ilse', I admit I know little about porcelain, however all was revealed to me on further investigation.

History of Noritake China
Dreams: Crossing Borders and Times.

In the period just after the opening of the country, a young man took a trip to America on the Oceanic steamship. Since the opening of the country Japan had been struggling with the European and American powers over their unfair treaties. There was anxiety over the fact that huge amounts of money to support the national economy were going out of the country. In order to restore this imbalance then Japan had to do business abroad and one young man feeling this strongly in his heart crossed the ocean in order to do just that. The person who advocated this principle to the young 22 year old was Noritake’s founder, Baron Ichizaemon Morimura and the young man who embraced this ambition was actually his younger brother, Yutaka Morimura. The person who nurtured the two brothers' knowledge was none other than Yukichi Fukuzawa the founder of Keio Univ. They did it for the love of their fatherland not to mention that it was their dream. The history of Noritake started with the Morimura brothers establishing a trading company “Morimura-kumi” in Ginza in 1876 and then "Morimura Brothers" in Yutaka’s destination city, New York, in 1978, which they used to trade Japanese china, porcelain and dolls.

Not long after they created their own china factory they advanced into the world market as a fully fledged porcelain maker. Who would have thought at that time that the Noritake China brand would have grown into a world renowned Western tableware maker? It was a product made in a time when Japan as a nation was passionate about not losing to the American and European powers. Looking back at that, Noritake’s course through this turbulent period in history and its tableware that popped up in the lives of people throughout the world, then it comes to sound like a fairytale.

There are other patterns named after American locations as well.

Answer 2

I have no idea, except Willie Nelson has a song where he sings about the Mendocino County Line. Actually, Mendocino is a County in California, but Noritake is a Japanese "China" company. Good question. I look forward to a educated answer.

Answer 3

Mendocino is a cape off of the Northern California coast. It's the name of the town in that area and also the name of the county.

The word "mendocino" is a derivative of the name "de Mendoza" -thought to be the name of one of the early spanish settlers to that area of the California Coast.

Answer 4

Mendocino is the name of a coastal city and county in N. California. The area is gorgeous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino

Not sure where the name comes from. I always assumed it was Spanish

Answer 5

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