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Dear experts,
Please help with identification & mark translation of the vase.
Will be thankful for any information.
Regards.
Servas

Dear, Servas

Your photo has been toppled over. It matches anyway with some Kinkōzan ( 錦光山) sub-atelier marks. The anomalous “全一 - like but seven-stroke” graph on Kyoto/Satsuma work very often comes from 錦 (nishiki / nishiki-e / kin) — the first character of 錦光山 Kinkōzan—written in abbreviated, compressed, or deconstructed kiln-hand forms.

Please, compare with :
https://www.ebay.it/itm/227037842989

You can clearly see the Kinkōzan mark here:
https://orientalantiques.co.uk/uncategorized/japanese-porcelain-marks/?srsltid=AfmBOopsetvNzHlIs5BlhMl1kcpg4jz8LPN_yNDcP6rdi-vhUHLm5pLF

https://www.proantic.com/en/1637477-pair-kyoto-satsuma-vases-meiji-c1900-heavy-gilt-moriage-225cm.html#

and also for futher records on Kyoto–Satsuma pottery marks:

https://www.satsuma-database.com/how-old-is-it-clues-on-dating-satsuma-wares

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmIArgs7cwE

Best regards,
Renato from Brazil

Dear Servas,

Sorry, I told you there was an anomalous “全-like but seven-stroke” graph on Kyoto/Satsuma work just because I am stupid. The real kanji is of course
金(Kin) that as I correctly said, comes from 錦 (nishiki / kin) — the first character (kanji component) of 錦光山 Kinkōzan — written in abbreviated kiln-hand forms.

Sorry because I am just a (stupit) brazilian japanese language student,
Thank you for your understanding
Renato

Somewhat sloppy but it reads,
金山　Kanayama　　
Late Meiji and Taishō era mark.
Note,it can also be read as Kinzan, but that is a significantly different marking.

Regards,
I.Nagy

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