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338 WOOD AND IVORY CARVINGS, ETC
No. 765.
Worked upon Embroidered ,, Satin. Ho-kio no sho.
The seal of Hokio. Hokio is a title conferred upon
Artists. The characters in the right-hand half of the seal
are Hokio the upper ones to the left are no, meaning
;
of, and the lower one is sho, The Seal. The latter word
has the same meaning as in, which is generally used.
These characters are written in various ways, as may be
seen by the following examples :
RIOYEN NO IN. MASATAMI NO IN. NO IN. RINKONO IN. SHIJIU NO IN.
The Seal of Rioyen. The Seal of Masaiami. The Seal of. The Seal of Rhiko. The Seal ofShijiu.
In rare instances the character no is omitted, and that
of in only is given, as in the following mark
KOU IN.
The Seal {of) Kou.
