MARKS AND SEALS
111. | Genki nen sei=made in the Genki period (1570–1572). |
112. | Yukadō sei—made by Yukadō. |
113. | Hitozan Josen zō=made by Josen at Hitozan. |
114. | Mark of the Seiji Kaisha (company). |
115. | Nippizan Fukagawa sei=mark of the Kōransha (company). |
N.B. The following marks (116 to 129) do not fall into any general category as to age. | |
116. | Saka Kaki=an abbreviation of Sakaida Kakiemon). This mark is found on some fine old specimens, but is also of modern use. |
117. | Kameyama=mark of the Kameyama Kiln near Nagasaki; vide text. |
118. | Another form of No. 117. |
119. | Ka=fine; a mark found on old Nabeshima porcelain. |
120. | Yō=porcelain; an old Nabeshima mark. |
121. | Kosan-jin=the man of the old mountain; a Nabeshima mark found on old specimens. |
122. | The sparrow-chain mark, found around the bases of fine Nabeshima porcelain. |
123. | The comb-chain mark, found around the bases of Nabeshima porcelain. |
124. | Another form of No. 123. |
125. | Another form of No. 124. |
126. | Butterfly mark, found on fine Nabeshima porcelain. |
127. | Bunka nen sei—made in the Bunka era (1804–1817). A mark found on Hirado porcelain. |
128. | Hirado Mikawachi Imamura Yajibei=made by Imamura Yajibei at Mikawachi in Hirado. |
129. | Keiō yo-nen tsuchi-no-ye tatsu doshi san gwatsu kichi-nichi Hirado Mikawachi Imamura Rokurō kore wo tsukuru=this was made by Imamura Rokurō at Mikawachi in Hirado on a lucky day of the third month of the fourth year of Keiō (1867). |
N.B. The marks from 127 to 129 inclusive are found on pre-Meiji-Hirado porcelain. | |
130. | Miyazaki uji—Miyazaki (maker's name). A mark found on Hirado porcelain made since 1870. |
131. | Mikawachi Komaru-jo zō=made by Komaru (woman) at Mikawachi. A mark found on Hirado porcelain made since 1870. |
132. | Hirado-san Shi zō=made by Shi at Hirado. A mark used subsequently to 1870. |
133. | Another form of No. 132. |
134. | Dai Nihon Mikawachi sei Kōransha ni oite Nishiyama sei=made by Nishiyama at the Kōransha (company) in Mikawachi, Great Japan; a modern mark. |
135. | Mikawachi Mori Riki zō=made by Mori Riki at Mikawachi. A mark used subsequently to 1870. |
136. | Dai Nihon Mikawachi Furukawa sei=made by Furukawa at Mikawachi in Great Japan. A mark used subsequently to 1870. |
SATSUMA FAIENCE. | |
137. | Kōkwa ni-nen Bisotan Seiboku=(made by) Seiboku (called) Bisotan in the second year of Kōkwa (1845). |
138. | Tomita=(made at) Tomita. |
139. | Hōju=(made by) Hōju (or Yoshitoshi). |
KYŌTŌ WARES (Yamashiro Province). | |
140. | Raku= mark of Yahei, the first Raku potter. |
141. | Another form of No. 140. |
142. | Raku=mark of Jōkei, the second Raku potter. |
143. | Another form of No. 142. |
144. | Raku=mark of Donyū, the third Raku potter. |
145. | Another form of No. 144. |
146. | Another form of No. 144. |
147. | Raku=mark of Ichinyū, the fourth Raku potter. |
148. | Raku=mark of Sonyū, the fifth Raku potter. |
149. | Another form of No. 148. |
150. | Another form of No. 148. |
151. | Raku=mark of Sanyū, the sixth Raku potter. |
152. | Another form of No. 151. |
153. | Another form of No. 151. |
154. | Raku=mark of Chonyū, the seventh Raku potter. |
155. | Another form of No. 154. |
156. | Raku=mark of Tokunyū, the eighth Raku potter. |
157. | Another form of No. 156. |
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