asian plate 7"shipwreck ???

[johnw]

i cant find this anywhere do you know about it thank you john

[allen_idaho]

It's definately Japanese in origin.

And much later than the Edo period. During the Edo period, the kanji symbol looked like this:


I would place your plate probably in the early 1900's. Maybe the Taisho period, around 1920 or later.

Was it recovered from a shipwreck? Probably not. But you never know.

[Lanny in AB]

Cool item!

All the best,

Lanny