How to decipher stylised kanji?

[voidzero]

From a friend who asked them to determine if it’s worth selling. I don’t know where the friend got it from.

The pottery is really, really thin. I was afraid of breaking it just by holding it.

[voidzero]

This is the top part

[voidzero]

And the saucer:

[Melocotoncillo]

I don’t think it’s a fake :0

[nyocchi]

It’s actually read top to bottom, right to left. 平戸製，三川内. I suppose it’s just made in Hirado (平戸) in the Nagasaki prefecture. I’m thinking the creator is mikawauchiyaki?

三川内焼

[rfindley]

FYI, Google Translate’s handwriting recognition is a lot easier to use than jisho’s radical lookup. And for once, it’s something Japanese-related that Google is remarkably good at.

Here’s an example of its ability to decipher chicken scratch (drawing with mouse isn’t my forte):

[bblum]

@rfindley

Here’s an example of its ability to decipher chicken scratch (drawing with mouse isn’t my forte):

you’re severely underselling it with that perfectly legible 希 fwiw

[MissMisc]

W O W

[rfindley]

Lol… Yeah, I think you win.