“Dai Nihon Meizan sei” (大日本明山製)

“Dai Nihon Meizan sei” (大日本明山製)
Image: From Louis Lawrence, Satsuma: The Romance of Japan (2011), p. 242, dir. 130 ("Dai Nihon, Meizan – This mark is very scarce and was put on exception pieces") · Used with permission of the rights holder · Source

A longer form of the mark, described by satsuma-database as reserved for exceptional pieces and documented on a large early charger with a white elephant and children.

Authentic features

Bonhams, New York, 2022, sale 27600 lot 710, signed "Dai Nihon Meizan sei", compared by Bonhams with a near-identical Khalili charger.

Common forgery flags

"Dai Nihon" with another name, or with crude calligraphy, is not a Meizan mark. Note the period imitation mark "Dai Nihon Teikoku Kaga Kanazawa Meizan sei" recorded by the Osaka Museum of History.