MARKS AND SEALS
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also by later generations of his family. | |
| 666. | Sai=a mark used by the representative of the seventh in descent from Agano Kizō. |
| 667. | Ya=mark used by Uyeno Yaichirō; early in nineteenth century. |
| 668. | Watari Sayemon=name of a maker found on Yatsushiro faïence of eighteenth century. |
| HIGO KŌDA. | |
| 669. | Higo Kōda-yama no Tokō, Kwansei nen sei=made in the era Kwansei (1789–1800) by a potter of Kōdayama in Higo. The first pottery is said to have been made at Kōda by Agano Kizō (vide text). |
| 670. | Higo Udogori Kōdayama sei=made at Kōdayama in the Udo district of Higo; eighteenth century mark. |
| 670 | –A. Shofūtei=art name of a potter who worked (middle of nineteenth century) at Kōda and also at Shodai-yama in Higo. |
| BIZEN (IMBE WARE). | |
| 671. | Man=ideograph for ten thousand; a mark found on Imbe ware of nineteenth century. |
| 672. | Crescent-moon mark, found on old Imbe ware. |
| 673. | Daikichi=a mark (unidentified) found on Imbe ware of the eighteenth century. |
| 674. | An unidentified mark found on old Imbe ware. |
| 675. | A mark called Shippō-kuzushi, found on old Imbe ware. |
| 676. | The ideograph kanau under Yama (mountain); mark found on old Imbe ware. |
| 677. | The syllabary character shi; found on old Imbe ware. |
| 678. | Kichi=mark of Yoshida Kichizayemon; end of eighteenth century. |
| 679. | The mark called jigami-gata; found on old Imbe ware. |
| 680. | A kiln mark found on old Imbe ware. |
| 681. | Kyū=the ideograph for "ancient"; found on old Imbe ware. |
| 682. | Mata=a form of the ideograph "again"; found on old Imbe ware. |
| 683. | Sadataka=a mark found on fine middle-period Imbe ware. |
| 684. | Terami=a mark found on nineteenth century Imbe ware of somewhat soft pâte. Sometimes this mark takes the form Terami Gorobei saku. |
| 686. | Dai Nappon Ibem tō Mori sei=made by Mori, a potter of Imbe in Great Japan. This is the mark of Mori Rinzō, a modern potter. |
| SHIDORO (YENSHU). | |
| 686. | The jigamigata=kiln mark, found on old Shidoro ware. |
| 687. | Shidoro=a mark found on Shidoro ware of various periods. |
| 688. | Shidoro=mark found on Shidoro ware made by Yoko-oka in early part of eighteenth century. |
| IZUMO. | |
| 689. | Unsui=a mark found on early Izumo ware. |
| 690. | Another form of No. 689. |
| 691. | Un-zen=mark used by the Tsuchiya family of Fujina. |
| 692. | Zen=mark used by the Tsuchiya family of Fujina. |
| 693. | Rakuzan=mark used by Gombei and subsequent potters at Rakuzan in Matsuye. |
| SANUKI. | |
| 694. | San Yō=Sanuki kiln; mark found on Sanuki ware; second half of nineteenth century. |
| 695. | Rihei Tomita=mark of a potter, Rihei of Tomita in Sanuki; middle of nineteenth century. |
| 696. | Nin=a mark found on Takamatsu ware. |
| 697. | Another form of No. 696. |
| 698. | Shunmin Hiraga=mark of Hiraga (art name Shunmin), a potter of Sanuki, end of eighteenth century. |
| 699. | Shunmin=another form of No. 698. |
| IYO. | |
| 700. | Yoshū Matsuyama=mark of the kiln at Matsuyama in Iyo, at the close of the eighteenth century. |
| 701. | Shinshiroyama—mark of an Iyo potter, first half of the nineteenth century. |
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