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76                 —     HIZEN POTTERY.



















                           No. 95.                No. 96.                No. 97.

                        The three   inscriptions given above    are painted   in  blue
                   upon   a small Temple Lamp        of Mikawachi porcelain.      No.
                   95.—Hio-zitsu    ;  the maker.     The  seal  is  his mark.    No.
                      —
                   g6.   Go-sin-zen,   a  phrase   used   upon   articles  devoted  to
                   religious uses   it  signifies Before the God, or Offered to the
                                  ;
                   Shrine.    No.  97.   Tem-po nen     sei.  Made   in  the period of
                   Tempo;    1830-1844   a.d.

























                                                  No. 98.


                        Painted   in red upon a large Bowl of porcelain of good
                    workmanship.      Hi-ciio-zan    Shin-po   tsukuru.      Made   by
                    Hichozaii Shinpo.
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