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                                           No. 752.
                 Painted   in black upon a paper Note issued by a daimio
            in  the  feudal  days.   Gin  ichi momme.      One   silver momnie.
            This   inscription  is the same   as the preceding     one,  but  is

            written in   a  different  style.
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                  Engraved    upon   an  Inkstone    belonging   to  a  lacquer
             writing case of great beauty.     Ten-ka   ichi, Naka-mura Iwa-
             Mi.  Nakamura Iwaini, the first man in the world; the name of
             the maker.    The lower character    is  tlie mark of the maker.
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