Mt. Fuji mark with "H.L.H." on a saucer/cup?

Two mysteries. First mystery: Can't identify this H.L.H. mark on the underside of the smaller saucer. Second mystery: The tiny cup that matches this sauce has no mark under it, and the small plate that matches the saucer has a different Mt. Fuji mark, without the "H.L.H." designation (see pics). Looking for a sense of age, and if by some unlikely chance it's anything terribly special. Thanks!

 

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same make............. no help..


https://www.etsy.com/listing/1779399892/japanese-porcelain-lidded-trinket

 

taken from Etsy....... I can not confirm or deny...

Mount Fuji and a stream. The two characters below the picture are read together as Nippon (= Japan). Mark similar to those of Fukagawa. It is possible that these and similar clear red stamps or print marks actually date from the period of occupied Japan (1945-52).

 

Japanese vintage lusterware. Probably 40’s-60’s but could be newer.

https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1328329180/vintage-klimax-japanese-tea-set

 

Here is the same style plate with HLH, but no other info ...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/175111...e62a252be37a89e16d88b81bd1a29ac3c1:1751113057

 

Those are lithophane cups. A.King has not indicated if they are. With no mark on the cup, they just might be.

 

Troll through 20th c Japanese marks on gotheborg.com and it may be there. However, I would place them earlier, 1920s/30s although not 100% certain.

 

We generally don't encourage trolling.

 

Oops! I should've written "peruse!"

 

That looks just like mine! Except my cup has nothing stamped on that white underside of the base. No Klimax logo or anything - just plain white. Could have come off?

 

Scrolled through a while back... no dice

 

HOLY MOLY!

The ad said "If you hold the cup up to the light, you can see a geisha portrait at the bottom of the cup."

I didn't know what to expect, so I did it, and I'll be darned if there isn't a crystal clear, decent-resolution looking black and white image of a geisha! File attached!!!

 

She is actually not a Geisha, but a Japanese woman. Many of these models were girls who worked in the porcelain factory.
Geisha is a specific profession, and unfortunately it has become usage in the US to call every Japanese woman a Geisha.

 

Fair enough. That's what I get for trusting the Etsy's of the world...

 

Quite, but common usage not just in the US calls them geisha. Errors of this sort are not all that rare and many things are misnomers. Lithopanes are cool.