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No. 358.
Painted in blue upon the side of a Vase of porcelain,
decorated sometsuke fashion. The characters to the left are
Kawa-moto Masu-kichi seisu. Made by Kawamoto Masukichi.
The other characters are a Japanese ode: Kaze kitattsute
KOYE Rui RUi AME suGiTE iRO SAN SAN. It refers to a grove
of bamboos, and means When the wind rises the sound is
pleasant ! When the rain falls the colour is lovely !
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No. 359.
Painted upon a Vase similar to the foregoing exampl
characters to the left are the same as above. The
Rio so Onozukara URU RIO HO YU KA u TOKiNE so
SON. The severe frost naturally secures good friends. The
passing rain sometimes adds fine offsprings.
