Nippon (Japan) Porcelain Bowl Hand Painted with a Water and Landscape Scene with Flowering Peanuts

A round porcelain late from Japan hand painted with a landscape and water scene in soothing oranges, greens, and purples and finished with a unique border of flowering peanuts.  The plate measures 7 3/4" round with a profile height of 1".  The bottom is stamped "Nippon China with an "M" in the center which stands for Morimura Brothers.  The condition of the plate is very good, with no chips, cracks, or repairs.  Nippon China The McKinley Tariff Act was passed by the United States Congress and enacted in 1890.  This law required that all manufactured goods imported to the United States be marked with the country of origin. As "Nippon" was the English word for Japan, goods made there for import into the United States was marked "Nippon" to comply with the law.  This stood in effect until 1921 when it was ruled that the country of origin needed to be in English and thus from 1921 on, any Japanese porcelain exported to the United States was marked "Japan" instead of "Nippon."