Page 318 - Japanese marks and seals on pottery, paper and other objects.

28o LACQUER, ENAMELS, METAL, WOOD, IVORY, ETC.

for use in a temple, the word is coupled with its name.
Its use is not determined by any fixed rules, but the
examples given below will serve to indicate the manner
in which it is sometimes applied. The upper character
in each case is the word On, and in the first instance

it is used upon a wooden case containing a valuable tea-
jar of ancient Bizen stoneware, which was probably the
prized possession of some daimio the second is engraved
;
upon a noble casting of a dragon, dating from the period
of Genroku and the third forms part of the inscription
;
engraved upon an incense burner, dedicated to some honour-
able purpose by the ruler of the province of Bishiu.

ONCHAIRE. ONDAIKUSHI. ONKORO.
On Tea-case. Artist to the Prince. On Tncotse Burner.

The words Jiu, or Jinnin, meaning a resident, or
resident in, are frequently found upon metal work, especially
upon sword-guards, in connection with the names of the
town and province in which the maker resided.

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JIU. JIU. JIUNIN. CHOSHIU, HAGI JIU.
'•esuicfit. A resideJit. resident in. A resicit’7it \in) Ila^i, Choshiu.