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This mark was used during a time in Japan where they were becoming very proud of their country and efforts were being made to establish some sort of pride in where the makers of pottery such as Satsumaware lived and came from. You will quite often see these Kanji on the right hand side of the marking, denoting that the item was "made in Japan" or of Japanese origin. I guess that it is just a hallmark to show where the item came from or a way of the maker announcing that they were from that place. If you see a piece with this written on, then you can assume it will be from the Meji period (1868-1912).