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Hi,
anyone help with identifying the chop mark on this pot. I think its Japanese, but I cant find it on any of the databases. its hand signed and google translate thinks it says "Pebbles" :rolleyes:
it is a small shohin semi cascade pot that came with a tree from Japan.
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小石原(koishiwara) - small pebble valley. An area in Fukuoka prefecture.

Quick google search got me this https://www.google.com/search?q=小石原盆栽&rlz=1C1CHBD_enJP942JP942&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiu7rCxpJnvAhWVbN4KHftKDVgQ_AUoAXoECAMQAw&biw=1280&bih=578&dpr=1.5

Seems like mostly cheaper pots and kitchenware come from that kiln. A lot of their stuff is sold on amazon and rakuten.
amazing thank you so much!
 

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Hi, am wondering if anyone can help? I found an older thread looking for a chop mark and wondered if anyone recognized this one? I bought an odd sized pot on Ebay and it's marked as Japanese but I'm not sure. Any ideas on where this is from and age?Screen Shot 2021-08-29 at 5.19.02 AM.png
 
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Hi, am wondering if anyone can help? I found an older thread looking for a chop mark and wondered if anyone recognized this one? I bought an odd sized pot on Ebay and it's marked as Japanese but I'm not sure. Any ideas on where this is from and age?View attachment 394619
上 - upper (high quality)
検 - inspected (in the hexagon)

This is just an inspection stamp.
 

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Makes sense. I didn't know if it was Japanese so I thank you for that. Someone on Reddit translated 'high quality' so I knew it was a production type of chop but didn't know the origin. Thanks so much! Katie
 

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上 - upper (high quality)
検 - inspected (in the hexagon)

This is just an inspection stamp.
@Yamabudoudanshi Thank you for your help with that one. Am sorry to ask again...Am feeling sheepish asking you to look at another chop so soon but I found


this and it looks more interesting. Screen Shot 2021-08-30 at 11.17.16 PM.png Want to say thank you and am not sure I got this right? arigatou gozaimasu...Katie
 
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@Yamabudoudanshi Thank you for your help with that one. Am sorry to ask again...Am feeling sheepish asking you to look at another chop so soon but I found


this and it looks more interesting. View attachment 394958 Want to say thank you and am not sure I got this right? arigatou gozaimasu...Katie
No worries, names and pot chops are a good challenge.
Looks like 森晃 to me. Could be read Morikou, or Shinkou but also exists as a full name "Mori Akira" - Who is a prominent academic by the look of it. Most results are of him, so not a potter.
Doesn't appear to be a place, but you could sift through this link and see what you find. Mostly just auction links. Many have sold for relatively cheap, so I would assume it's not particularly well known.
 

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Thanks so much! It is a chop on the back of a bonsai pot...so that's a mystery. I wonder if the auction links are for pottery. It's not a special pot, but i wondered. How much have they sold for that you noticed? Thanks so much! Katie
 

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Screen Shot 2021-09-04 at 11.04.38 PM.pngI've been finding too many...I don't have high hopes for this one but what do you think?
 

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I forgot to ask @Yamabudoudanshi for his help...When/if you get time I'm just curious what this says. The pot above turned out to be very pretty in person. Thank you for your help with it.
 
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View attachment 395930I've been finding too many...I don't have high hopes for this one but what do you think?
I can't make heads or tales of this one. Even upside-down, there isn't a single recognizable character.
Unlikely, but it looks like a monolingual English-speaking 5 year old took their best shot at copying out items from a Chinese newspaper. I've seen some pretty terrible handwriting, but there's nothing even recognizable as Japanese here.

Wish I could be of more help.
 

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I can't make heads or tales of this one. Even upside-down, there isn't a single recognizable character.
Unlikely, but it looks like a monolingual English-speaking 5 year old took their best shot at copying out items from a Chinese newspaper. I've seen some pretty terrible handwriting, but there's nothing even recognizable as Japanese here.

Wish I could be of more help.
That's really interesting. The Japan sticker is what I thought made it look like a production pot but I would have thought the chop would have been an ink stamp and not hand written. Strange. Thank you!
 
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