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No. 656. No. 657.
All the above marks appear upon a single Mirror the
;
larger ones are rendered in relief, in white metal, upon the
bronze back of the mirror, and the inscription to the right
is cast in relief in the bronze. No. 655. Wa. No. 656. Ka.
Wa-ka, Japanese Poem, referring probably to the subject with
which the mirror is decorated. No. 657. Nishi-mura, Bun-
go-jo, Fuji-wara, Masa-shige. Masashige Nishimura, .the
name of the maker the name of Fujkvara and the title of
;
Bungo no jo, Governor of the province of Bungo, are both
assumed.
