Japanese Porcelain Small Plate Mamezara Vtg Side Dish Blue Karako Children Y486 plastic tray One has a blue line

One has a blue line and one has a pink line

This is a vintage Japanese Gogatsu-ningyo fabric doll used for display during the Boys' Festival in May

Porcelain chipped on the bottom part

Some cracks in the paint

Japanese Porcelain Small Plate Mamezara Vtg Side Dish Blue Karako Children Y486 plastic tray One has a blue lineVintage Japanese Porcelain Small Plate, Mamezara This is a vintage Japanese small porcelain plate called mamezara. Mostly white, this ultra thin plate has a blue sometsuke design of three Tang Dynasty children (called Karako in Japanese). This Chinese themed motif was popular in the Edo period of Japan and well into the modern era. It symbolizes longevity and health for children. Mamezara are tiny plates in a Japanese tableware set that typically hold