MARKS AND SEALS
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wo seisu=made by Katō Kishitarō at Seto in Japan; modern. | |
| 634. | Tōrakuzen=mark used by Katō Masuyemon; modern. |
| 635. | Aichiken Nagoya Fujishima Sentarō sei=made by Fujishima Sentarō at Nagoya in Aichi prefecture; modern. |
| 636. | Aichiken Nagoya Fujishima Sentarō Nippon Seto Kiōken Heisa set wo utsusu=made by Fujishima Sentarō at Nagoya in Aichi prefecture after a model by Kiōken Heisa of Seto in Japan. |
| 637. | Yakinushi Sōsendō=made by the potter Sōsendō. |
| 638. | Dai Nippon Seto sei=made at Seto in Great Japan; modern. |
| 639. | Nippon Seto Shunkō gwa=decorated by Shunkō of Seto in Japan. |
| 640. | Setosuke=(made by) Setosuke; modern. |
| 641. | Another form of No. 640. |
| 642. | Nippon Seto Katō Shigejū zō=made by Kato Shigejū of Seto in Japan; modern. |
| 643. | Dai Nippon Kato Shigejū sei=another form of No. 642. |
| 644. | Seiyeiken Shigejū sei=made by Shigejū at the Seiyeiken (vide No. 642). |
| 645. | "Shimo wo shinoide onozukara ryōhoyū wo yetari, ame wo sugite tokini kō-(yoki)-shison wo sou." Kawamoto Masakichi sei=made by Kawamoto Masakichi; a Chinese stanza is added, signifying that the best friend is he who remains true in adversity, and that vigorous growth is promoted by rain. |
| 646. | "Kaze kitarite koye shikushiku, ame sugite iro kenken." Kawamoto Masakichi sei=made by Kawamoto Masakichi; a verse of Chinese poetry is added, signifying that wind brings purity, and rain, verdure. |
| 647. | Nippon Kōtsuke no kuni Myōgisan shinzu. Owari Seto Kawamoto Masakichi sei=made by Kawamoto Masakichi of Seto in Owari, a disciple of Myōgisan in Kōtsuke in Japan. |
| 648. | Kitōyen=the art name of Kawamoto Masakichi. |
| 649. | Hōseiken zō=made by Hōseiken; modern. |
| 650. | Dai Nippon Aichi Iwata Seibei sei=made by Iwata Seibei of Aichi in Great Japan. |
| N.B. From 622 to 650 inclusive, are marks used by Owari potters subsequently to 1850. | |
| CHIKUZEN.
Takatori. | |
| 651. | Shun=an unidentified mark found on Takatori faience, made in the eighteenth century. |
| 652. | Ken=a Takatori mark; unidentified; eighteenth century. |
| 653. | Ki=the ideograph for "joy"; found on some fine specimens of Takatori faïence; eighteenth century. |
| 654. | Yo=the ideograph for "to give"; found on fine specimens of old Takatori faïence. This mark occurs also in conjunction with the ideograph Taka-tori. |
| 655. | Ka=the ideograph for "to add," a mark found on Takatori faïence, but not identified; eighteenth century. |
| 656. | Sen=the ideograph for "anchorite"; a mark (unidentified) found on Takatori faïence of the end of the eighteenth century or the beginning of the nineteenth. |
| 657. | Masaki Yukihiro=name of a nineteenth century Takatori potter; called also Sōshichi. He worked chiefly at Takata (vide No. 661). |
| 658. | Takatori Teiten=(made by) Teiten of Takatori; second half of nineteenth century. |
| 659. | Naosaku=name of a nineteenth-century Takatori potter. |
| 660. | Another form of No. 659. |
| SŌSHICHI WARE. | |
| 661. | Sōshichi=name of a celebrated Hakata potter, who worked in the early years of the nineteenth century (vide No. 657). |
| 662. | Another form of No. 661. |
| HIGO, YATSUSHIRO. | |
| 663. | Gen=mark used by Uyeno Gentarō; eighteenth century. |
| 664. | Another form of No. 663. |
| 665. | Tō=the ideograph for "east"; a mark used by Agano Kizō, and |
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