Life In 19x19

https://www.etsy.com/listing/698447718/ ... t_detail=1

2019.07.01
Found this pair of “salad bowls” on Etsy (the link may expire soon). Cheap, only $60 including 3-day DHL shipping to Boise, Idaho, all the way from Thailand. They appear to be chestnut wood, unstained and without a varnish coat. I’ll post another photo when they arrive.

Can anyone tell me what the brushed-on characters are saying?

Common chestnut bowls from KGT (Yes, I have a pair of these, who doesn’t?):
http://shop.kurokigoishi.co.jp/en/item/87

Hi David,

土橋, dobashi, do + hashi, "soil + bridge"
[url=https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/土橋]dobashi[/url] The penmanship quality is low, imo.

EdLee, thank you so much, very kind of you.

I wonder what that really means, “soil bridge” or, less literally, “land bridge” or simply, “bridge”? And why would someone use a brush to awkwardly scrawl these characters in the lids of salad bowls?

If I put the characters into a Japanese search engine, I mostly get hits for a baseball player. Curious. The two characters appear as a pair in hundreds of phrases.

https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/土橋

Hi David,

You're very welcome.

The j.wiki page explains the architectural aspects of the bridge;
it's also a family name ( baseball pro, etc. ).

Re:

• Kobashi, ko + hashi, small bridge, 小橋 ;
• Nakabashi, naka + hashi, central/middle bridge, 中橋 ;
• Ōhashi, large bridge, 大橋 ;
• Ōhashi, king's bridge, 王橋 ;
• Hashimoto, 橋本 (e.g. Hashimoto Utarō, 9p) ;

...salad bowls?

They are Go bowls.

And why would someone use a brush...

Could be the name of one owner ( not the craftsperson ).

With a Sharpie.