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Subject:Nagasaki Ken ?? To Bill H. or Guy
Posted By: Martin Michels Thu, Nov 03, 2016 IP: 84.26.216.123
Bill, Guy,

I adress this item specially to you 2, because of your knowledge of Chinese and/or Japanese characters.

In my search to know more about Japanese markings on ceramics I found this mark under a Hirado jar in the British Museum (see picture).
They translated the characters as:
Dai Nihon Nagasaki Ken Mikawachi Satomi Takeshiro

However I'm not convinced about the character for KEN which normally is 県.
So do you know what character is used?
I could not find it.

So if anyone knows, your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Martin.



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Subject:Re: Nagasaki Ken ?? To Bill H. or Guy
Posted By: Bill H Sun, Nov 06, 2016
Martin, an identical mark is illustrated as No. 79 in Appendix Six of "Hirado: Prince of Porcelains" by Louis Lawrence, with a character-by-character transliteration just as you have it here.

Cheers,

Bill H.

Subject:Re: Nagasaki Ken ?? To Bill H. or Guy
Posted By: Martin Michels Mon, Nov 07, 2016
Bill,

Thanks again.

Martin.

Subject:Re: Nagasaki Ken ?? To Bill H. or Guy
Posted By: rat Mon, Nov 07, 2016
The character for ken on this vase is the traditional form, which was simplified to the official version you know after WW2

Subject:Re: Nagasaki Ken ?? To Bill H. or Guy
Posted By: Martin Michels Tue, Nov 08, 2016
Rat,

Also thanks.

Martin.

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