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METAL WORK. 301
Engraved upon a bronze Dragon of important size
;
in the Bowes Collection. Gen-roku ni Ki-shi toshi san-
CxATSU KICHI-NICHI I-MONO ON-DAI-KU-SHI FujI-WARA ToSHI-
SADA TSUKURU (sAKu). Made by Toshisada F'ujiwara, artist to
the prince a casting on the lucky day of the third month of
;
the Zodiac year of the Snake, the second year of the period
of Genrokii, i68g a.d. The prefix On, before daikushi
(artist), may be taken as signifying that the artist was in
the service of a prince.
No. 653. No. 654.
In relief upon a pair of bronze Mirrors, one of which
bears the crest of the prince of Owadsima. No. 653.
Ten-ka ichi. Tenka ichi. The first under the heaven, or in
the world. No. 654. Ten-ka ichi saku. Tenka ichi no saku,
meaning The manufacture of the first man in the world.
