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[Closed] Can anyone read old Japanese?

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My parents have an old vase, but have no idea who made it or anything about it - all that it has is this written on the bottom:

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Can anyone help with a translation? Thanks very much!


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 4:57 pm
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This way down?


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:00 pm
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Your stereo is possessed by an audio demon


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:01 pm
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That photo is sideways for starters.


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:06 pm
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Ming rules


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:06 pm
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That photo is sideways for starters.

Ha! Yes, don't even have a clue which way up it goes. The second symbol looked a bit like a Kanji one this way up.


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:08 pm
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Your mother is a hamster, your father smells of elderberries....


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:09 pm
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"Made in China"


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:11 pm
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Girlfriend reckons that it isn't Japanese (she's been studying for years and live there for a bit).


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:13 pm
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Interesting, thanks - I was wondering if it was:

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Posted : 19/11/2017 5:20 pm
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In Chinese, maybe:

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?


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:24 pm
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Solved 😉

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutani_ware


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 5:36 pm
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Ah ha cool!


 
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Closest I could get is hoping it might be three characters:

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but that doesn't mean anything as far as I can tell.

Oh I see Ben has solved it above 🙂


 
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Hopefully old Japanese people can. 😉


 
Posted : 19/11/2017 6:19 pm

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