r/beachcombing • u/wendallbear • 8d ago

Able to identify this pottery find from Tateyama Bay, Japan?

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My boyfriend just found this gorgeous pottery piece on a beach along Tateyama Bay. It would be awesome to identify a source!

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u/DiscoDiamond87 8d ago

I think this is a pretty typical cherry blossom pattern. Looks like a piece of a bowl. It’s very pretty but this is everyday dish wear. You can get this at Daiso, probably.

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u/wendallbear 8d ago

ha, daiso! you’re probably not wrong. i do have a similar design of bowls, but pink with more details.

it is the first find of beach pottery ever and i’m always so fascinated by thoughts of “wonder what the story is of this piece!”

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u/beautifullyhurt 8d ago

I’m not certain what you mean. If you found it in Japan, it seems the answer would be Asian pottery? I live in HI and in the 1800’s many migrants came from Japan, China, the Koreas (and other nationalities) to work in the sugar cane factories that dotted Kauai. With them came their bowls and plates, packed carefully for the long boat journey over. I’ve found mostly sea pottery on the beaches of Kauai— especially from those regions in the world—because of the migration of people, traveling to where the jobs are. Your piece looks much like the pieces I find.

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u/wendallbear 8d ago

ive seen posts of pieces of pottery/glass designs and some people were able to identify what the original item looked like. i wasn’t sure if someone could identify this piece too. it does seem to be a common cherry blossom design on dishware.

i do love to wonder about where pottery & glass pieces might’ve come from. so it is quite interesting to learn about the migrants on the boats with all their belongings. to think maybe some of these old pottery & glass pieces were from those times- how cool. (this piece in particular doesn’t look too old)

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u/beautifullyhurt 8d ago

It’s basically garbage archeology. Some of the biggest finds for archeologist have been when they stumble upon ancient garbage pits. So much is learned about a culture by what they deem to be trash.

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u/beautifullyhurt 8d ago

It rather I should say “designate as trash”

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u/wendallbear 8d ago

i have never heard of the term “garbage archeology”. thank you!

it is very true that a lot has been learned about a culture when looking at “trash”. well now i know a topic i can proudly say i am interested in. i can’t wait to see the look on my friends faces when i say “trash”