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300 METAL WORK.

No. 651.
Engraved upon a Koro of metal gilt, ornamented with
repousse work of the highest beauty. In the Bowes Collec-
tion. Commencing, as customary, with the characters to the
right, the inscription reads as follows — Ho-ken on ko-ro
:
KO-GO TOMO Bi-SHIU KAMI JU-GO-I-GE MiNAMOTO A-SON 0 -TA
SUKE-HISA Tem-mei ROKU-NEN Hei-go KU-GATSU hachi-chi.
Hoken, dedicated Onkoro, an incense burner, the prefix on
;
signifying that it was dedicated with respect Kogo, an
;
incense box tomo, together with Bishin kami, a title, mean-
;
ing the ruler of the province of Bishiu Jtigoige, a grade
;
or order in rank Minamoto, the name of the family from
;
which the donor was descended Ason, subject of the Court;
;
Ota Snkehisa, the name of the donor Temmei, the year-
;
period Rokunen, the sixth year Hei-go, the Zodiac year of
; ;
the Horse Kugatsu, the ninth month Hachichi, the eighth
; ;
day. An incense burner, together with an incense box, humbly
dedicated by Bishiu no kami jugoige Minamoto no Ason Ota
Snkehisa, on the 8th day of the gth month of the 6th year,
Hei go, of the period of Temmei, 1786 a.d.