Antique Japanese Porcelain Igezara Plate, Blue and White Landscape.

This plate features a landscape picture on a folded paper with a design of flowers in circles on its back. The rim is covered with a band of geometric design.
Brown "pie" edge. Swag design on the back.
This is a fantastic piece of Oriental home decor

Igezara pieces with "piecrust", "scalloped" or "notched" rim. Ige is a Saga prefecture dialect for thorn. Zara = dish. When these came out of the kiln, the pinched areas were 'sharp as thorns' before being smoothed down. Thus Igezara = Thorn plates. The form is very common in the Meiji (1868-1913) and Taisho period (1913-1926) and particularly associated with printed patterns. Igezara was made for the common man and usually thickly potted so withstand wear and tear and daily use.

10 inches in diameter
Good condition considering its age.