やきものの里

[SwissPete]

My wife purchased a china bowl with markings in Japanese. We would like to know what they mean. The attached picture is from the box it came in. I am not even sure I have the picture right-side-up.

Can anyone help? Thank you.

 

[arcolepsy]

It says やきものの里 有田の器 (Yakimono no sato Arita no Utsuwa), implying that this is a porcelain made in a place called Arita.
They have some unique pottery techniques that make their porcelain widely known in Japan as 有田焼 (Arita ware Arita ware - Wikipedia).
May not have to be made in Arita particularly if the same technique was used...not sure.
Also I'm not familiar with its unique techniques or history behind it, so I can't tell if your bowl is really 有田焼 or not.

To fix the orientation you can rotate the picture 90deg counter-clockwise

 

[SoLaTiDoberman]

You may rotate the picture 90 degrees counterclockwise.
The letters are Japanese and they are written vertically.

やきものの里　（yakimono no sato) ：The town of ware, the mecca of ware

有田の器 (Arita no utsuwa): Arita ware


やきものの里 = 有田

有田の器＝有田焼（Arita yaki)

”やきものの里” was written quite normally.
However, ”有田の器” was drawn like a designed picture, especially the long "の.”

 

[SwissPete]

Thank you, arcolepsy and SoLaTiDoberman, for your very helpful answers.