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BIZEN POTTERY. 2og
No. 514.
Scratched upon a Cake Box of Bizen ware made about
1840 A. D. Yoshi-kage selsu. Made by Yoshikage.
No. 515.
A Japanese ode, scratched upon a sake Bottle of modern
Bizen stoneware the characters are Hira-kana and Chinese.
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Take sukoshi arite tori naku kohan kana, which Mr.
Kawakami has rendered into English as follows : It is in the
month of mild October that the bh'ds, with their gentle, yet sweet
song, visit the few bamboos that remain sadly here and there.
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