Help identify Chinese Pottery Mark Black and Gold on Board plate ?

[vintagedude1982]

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Hello I am trying to get any info on this painted plate. I think it is Chinese and perhaps antique. It

has a black and gold mark on underside. Any info like origin, date, maker, etc would be appreciated thanks !

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by "board"?

Looks like Japanese Satsuma to me (not an expert).

[vintagedude1982]

Hey thanks for the reply "board" was a typo. I really should stick to my computer for this stuff  ?! Thanks again 

[Anonymous]

I hear you on that. Someone needs to invent syntax check 😉

[maxine*j]

This is the corect orientation for the mark:

I know that only because the character Zan (or San) is one I recognize:

[vintagedude1982]

Ok thanks for the info so that is Japanese right? 

[maxine*j]

Yes, I think it's Japanese Satsuma, as -palmtreelucky- said.   But I'm not positive.

The 山 character is, of course, Chinese, used in the kanji Japanese writing system.  It is "mountain," and is sometimes pronounced more like "shan" in Chinese.

[Anonymous]

This website is a great resource. The motif on your plate is maple tree branches. I would say 1930s or earlier, based on what I have seen in the past.

https://gotheborg.com/marks/satsuma.shtml

[argon38]

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@maxine*j wrote:

I know that only because the character Zan (or San) is one I recognize:

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I think it can also have the sound "yama" in Japanese (in some contexts), at least if I understand correctly. (Not that it really helps here).

[maxine*j]

Yes, and I don't know enough to know when / why it's pronounced one way or the other.  Mount Fuji is Fujisan and Mount Haku is Hakusan, but Mount Tate is Tateyama and Mount Asama ia Asamayama.  They're all written with the same 山.

And maybe it is relevant here.  Asian languages are far beyond me.  I just thought it would help to show the mark in the correct orientation and thought I should explain why I was flipping it.

[will.sf · Accepted solution]

The characters appear to match Genzan:

It's the mark of Yagi Gentaro, who started Yagi Genzan-do in 1921. He was a Kutani retailer / merchant in Kanazawa, Ishikawa. The shop still operates by his family.

source: 
https://www.asianart.com/phpforum/index.php?method=detailAll&Id=109890&PHPSESSID=nl7lib5g1bfdnqckj32... 

I believe maxine*j vertically flipped the image vertically instead of rotating it.  It should look like this:

[maxine*j]

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@will.sf wrote:

I believe maxine*j vertically flipped the image vertically instead of rotating it. 

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You are absolutely right!    Fundamental error my  part.  Thank you for the correction.  It's important to get it right.

[vintagedude1982]

Nice Will! Well done thanks to everyone who helped out I really appreciate you guys 👍