Help identify oriental porcelain bowl with kimono girls

Help identify oriental porcelain bowl with kimono girls. Is it an antique? Can I get more info about it? Thanks in advance. Cheers

 

This is Japanese Satsuma from early 20th c, signed "Kinkozan". But note that this is NOT the famous Kinkozan workshop of Kyoto. This one here used a different first character which just sounds the same. I guess he wanted to profit a bit of the famous other Kinkozan....

 

Have to differ I'm afraid - this bowl is Japanese porcelain and Satsuma wares are pottery. Agree early 20thc.

I think you'll find this is a Kutani mark, "Kyokuzan"

 

From an earlier discussion here on Satsuma ware -

"Satsuma" ware was originally produced in the Satsuma region on the island of Kyushu. It is characterized by the cream colored clay body, described as earthenware or stoneware (the difference being in the firing temperature - lower than porcelain), and the finely crackled glaze.

In the second half of the 19th century, Satsuma "style" ware began to be produced by factories in other regions of Japan.

Much of the confusion about Japanese wares comes from early descriptions based on the port the wares were exported from, which might be different from where they were actually produced. There also are different clay bodies (earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain), which can be decorated in a variety of styles. Sometimes a term is applied to the place of origin, the clay body, or the style of decoration, all of which might be combined in different wares by the producers. And, of course, all of this changes over time.
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/satsuma-vase-knock-off-how-do-i-identify-thanks.32952/#post-436284

So, you may have Satsuma style decoration on a porcelain body.

 

You may be correct on this, @blooey. That orange color is often seen on Kutani pieces.

 

I insist that this is Satsuma and not porcelain. It is likely made in Awata/Kyoto but still one calls it (Kyo-)Satsuma. You can see the characteristic fine crackles in the glaze despite the quality of the photos. Also the mark is "Kinkozan" (金光山) and not Kyokuzan (旭山). This other Kinkozan is not an unknown and his mark appears on Satsuma earthenware.

 

@ZacSaeed, one way to determine if the bowl is porcelain or a lower fired ceramic is to listen to it when you tap it with your fingernail. If it is not cracked, a porcelain bowl will "ring". If it is a lower fired pottery or stoneware, it will only produce a duller sound (thud).