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126 KIOTO POTTERY.
No. 228.
The seal used by Kichizayemon, the iith in descent
from Ameya, and the present representative of the family.
Impressed upon a Tea Bowl said to have been made
in 1840 A.D. The upper character is the Raku seal ; the
other mark reads Kai-raku-yen seisu, or Made by Kairaknyen,
this probably being the professional name of Kichizayemon.
No. 229.
Another example of the seal used by Kichizayemon.
Impressed upon a Napkin Holder of faience.
No. 230.
The seal Raku, impressed upon a Tea Bowl of con-
siderable age and great beauty.
