Page 275 - Japanese marks and seals on pottery, paper and other objects.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS AND PRINTED BOOKS. 237

No. 556.

Painted in black upon a page of an oribon. Tsune-
NOBU HiTSUsu. Painted by Tsunenobu. This artist, a dis-
tinguished member of the Tsukiji branch of the Kano family,
died in the third year of the period of Shotoku, 1712 a.d.

No. 557.

Painted in black upon a page of an oribon. Mine-nobu
HITSUSU. Painted by Minenobu, a member of the Tsukiji
branch of the Kano family, who lived during the period
of Shotoku, 1711 to 1716 A.D.

No. 558.

Painted in black upon a page of an oribon. Chika-nobu
HITSUSU. Painted by Chikanobit. It is not clear whether this
artist was one of the Kano family, but he was a well-known
disciple of that school he lived during the period of Shotoku.
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