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OTA POTTERY. 205
No. 495.
Impressed upon a Vase of faience made by Miyakawa
Ko2AN, of Ota, a suburb of Yokohama this factory was
;
established in i860 a.d., by a Tokio merchant, named Suzuki
Yasubeye, who brought Kozan from Kioto to manage it.
It is here that most of the imitations of Satsuma faience
have been made. Ko-zan, the name of the maker.
No. 496,
Impressed upon a Vase of faience. Ma-kuzu Ko-zan
TSUKURU. Made by Makuzu Kozan. Kozan came from the
district of Makuzu, in Kioto, and often uses the word as part
of his mark.
No. 497.
Inlaid in white clay upon a Flower Pot of brown pottery.
Miya-kawa Ko-zan tsukuru. Made by Miyakawa Kozan.
