Kinkōzan zō Pottery, Kyoto Japan

Purchased three small bowls from a friend sadly not up on pottery/porcelain but i have suspicion
these maybe all Green Tea or similar or sake. This bowl seems to have decent age and double sided
decorations, The base has been signed by either the manufacturer or artists?? 7.2 x 4.2 cms
love to have some idea of where and when it was made i will list the other two in another listing to follow
thanks

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The style looks like Japanese Kutani

Thank you very much for your helpful words Not heard of Kutani ??
When got these the only other thing i have owned that resembled the texture
was Japanese Satsuma but didn't want to put my foot in it and make a silly
suggestion Great site Thanks

I thought it might be Satsuma but that is earthenware and the slip type ground would have crazing. I’m not seeing that here, but it might just be the photos. Kutani would be porcelain, so I could be wrong

Hi Naomi  
Sorry for reply being a bit slow i googled some ideas and found that it may well be
earthenware and not porcelain reasons for thoughts a torch light does not pass through
the ceramic it has a dull sound when flicked and using a small magnifying glass it has tiny
spider web crazing all over so may well be Earthenware
Thanks for your helpful thoughts

錦光山造
Kinkōzan zō

Haltia wrote:錦光山造
Kinkōzan zō

Thank you

This comes from Kyoto . I had these explanations found on a Japanese site :

"The strong demand for Satsuma wares caused other Japanese potters, particularly those of Kyoto, to produce "Satsuma" earthenware vessels. The Satsuma producers in Kyoto were largely located in the suburb of Awata 粟田. These producers worked in various sized studios and since their activities occurred during the Meiji period they were not sponsored by daimyos. Their pieces were almost exclusively made for export.
A large quantity of poor and mediocre quality Satsuma was produced in the Kyoto area during the Meiji period. However, a small number of extremely fine quality pieces were also produced. Famous potters from the Kyoto area;
the seventh-generation of Kinkozan Sobei VII 七代目 錦光山 宗兵衛 (1868-1927) whose factory was by far the largest, employing more than 250 potters."

And this advertising on a catalog of international exhibition :


Old photography of the kiln :
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-workmen-watching-kilns-full-of-awata-porcelain-kinkosan-works-kyoto-24616399.html