Page 266 - Japanese marks and seals on pottery, paper and other objects.

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228 ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS.

ICHIRAN.
Sy?iopsis,

Paintings are occasionally mounted and surrounded by
borders of paper and silk, when the word Hioho follows
the name of the workman.

HIOHO.
Mounted.
The characters Yegaku and Hitsu, the latter being
read as Hitsusu when used with the name of a painter, do
not appear so frequently upon books as upon pottery
the word Dznsu, having the same meaning, is sometimes
used. The examples given below are copied from works
of the Kano and Tosa families.

YEGAKU. HITSUSU. HITSUSU. HITSUSU. DZUSU.
Painted by.
The former of the two characters given below is copied
from an ancient kakimono, and the latter from a modern
yebon.

YEGAKU. YEGAKU.