Japanese hand thrown mugs maker mark help please?

[Nickleanddime]

For a set of 6 of these today. They are about 20 years old but no other marking or maker marks other then this. And also what is the paint style finish called. I'm not up on ceramics and pottery. Thanks for the help. Have a great day.

 

[nhbenz]

The coloring I would refer to as salt glazed with drip glazed portion... But I could be wrong.

 

[unclemac]

there are literally hundreds and hundreds of Japanese ceramic artists and whole sections of towns devoted to making an selling them.

 

[Nickleanddime]

Thanks guys. After a couple of hours of searching I found that out. They are called yunomi style tea cups. I guess I'll just list them and see what happens.

 

[Yang Hao]

looks like the character 永 (in chinese pronounced as yong). In chinese that character means forever. If it is 永 they could have done a better job writing it. It is also a surname in chinese as well.

 

[ivan salis]

tea cups --drinking hot green tea is very popular in japan

 

[Nickleanddime]

Thank you yang hao