can anyone identify Japanese characters? - bowls and chawan contemporary

I bought three bowls and chawan recently on a whim. Obviously I am having huge difficulty identifying even what they are made of or the glazes etc However so far I think...
the three bowls have some type of tenmoku glaze?? possibly Yuteki tenmoku??
but the chawan I have no idea on. The three bowls are labelled and signed though. Arita pottery, but no idea what the signature is. Any help would be much appreciated - anything at all the chawan have raised white ceramic dots on them. Are they raku? they have a glazed interior in sort of celadon maybe that is crackled. They aren't marked.
help....
Many thanks
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label on marked bowls

sorry, meant to say the chawan have raised white glaze dots decor on them, not 'ceramic' dots.

Wouldn't this be better in the ID My Pottery section? I can move it for you if you like - it'll get more exposure there.

thanks Pip. I just didn't put it there because I suspect they are contemporary rather than last century. I'd be really grateful if they were moved though but didn't want to post in the wrong place.

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No worries - I'll move the thread for you :)

Arita is a town located in Nishimatsuura District, Saga, Japan. It is known for producing Arita porcelain, one of the traditional handicrafts of Japan. It also holds the largest ceramic fair in Western Japan

Hi Dan
thanks :) I have searched Arita pottery but mostly I come up with the coloured porcelain. I have searched endlessly but all I can work out is that I think they are possibly yuteki tenmoku glaze. I've found one potter who specialises in this but without knowing what the sig says I can't tell if they are his. I then also found a bowl last night that looks similar in terms of decor and the way the interior is done and that refers to it being silver ??? which is confusing because I thought the glistening was not silver in any form but was the reaction of the glaze on firing.
Being able to read the sig will help - I've searched mostly everything on the net using Arita and nothing. Even the bowls I found didn't seem to be from that area.
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sorry that meant to read 'even the bowls I found THAT WERE VERY SIMILAR TO MINE' didnt' seem to be from that area.

Hi, the only character I can identify is the square with the vertical and horizontal line inside that looks lika window. That is the `KANJI` for `RICE`.

so we know what they are for...

thank you!
although I can't imagine eating from them as they are way too stunning to use (and I quite happily use a lot of my pottery).
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recently,after talking to a studio potter, I decided to use some of my collection for it's intended purpose,I now have Flowers in stunning vases and drink coffee from beautiful mugs etc

I love using my vases (of which I have a fair few) for flowers ;)
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