 Kōzan was at the forefront of the successor policy of industrial development, which included crafts, called "shokusan kōgyō".He exhibited at the Centennial Exposition of 1876, in Philadelphia, a wide range of ceramic wares, including high relief vessels presaging later work.In the aftermath, much attention was paid to Japanese ceramics for the next few years in Cincinnati, and the "Japonisme" reached the Rookwood Pottery Company.