Page 46 - Japanese marks and seals on pottery, paper and other objects.

8 MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY.

In works of more recent date, the names of the factory,
the painter, and other information is given.

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DAI NIPPON,
KUTANI,
KAMANOKIU, KA.
SHIOREIDO, TOZAN.
The old-established potter, Tozan, Shioreido^
Kntani^
DAI NIPPON, Great Japan. DAI NIPPON,
KUTANI SEI. KUTANI,
KUROKU, YEGAKU. KACHOKEN, SEISU.
Made in Kutajii, Made by Kachoken,
Great Japan ; Kutaniy
pauited by Kurokti. Great Japan.
The mark at the foot of the first inscription is the painter’s seal.

The sometsuke porcelain, ware decorated with blue
under the glaze, made at Seto in the province of Owari,
the manufacture of which dates from the earlier years of
the present century, has nearly always the name of the
maker painted upon it, together with the characters signi-

fying Seto, Japan, in the fashion shown in the first mark
on the following page.
In some instances fuller information than this is given
;
for example, the second inscription given on the next page
is copied from a large plaque of sometsuke porcelain, im
the Bowes Collection, which is decorated with a representa-
tion of mountainous scenery.