Page 48 - Japanese marks and seals on pottery, paper and other objects.

10 MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY —

in the foregoing inscription, which appears upon the side of
a sake bottle the three marks to the left are the
;
maker’s name, and the other characters are the verses.
Impressed and painted marks are used by the Kioto
potters the former are generally applied to faience and
;
the latter to porcelain. The chief impressed marks are
those of the potters Ninsei, Dohachi, Yeiraku, Taizan, and
Kinkozan, of which examples are here given ;

NINSEI. DOHACHI. YEIRAKU. TAIZAN. KINKOZAN.

The signatures of Dohachi and Kozan are sometimes
painted, and this mode is followed by Yeiraku in marking
the porcelain for which he is so celebrated when this is
;
done, other information generally accompanies the signature
;
:—
for example

NIPPON, KIOTO, DAI NIPPON, DOHACHI,
KINKOZAN, TSUKURU. YEIRAKU, TSUKURU. The 7iame of the 7naher,
Made by Ki?ikozan, Kioto, yn^an. Made by Yeiraktt^ Great yapan.

The impressed and painted marks are occasionally used
together upon faience, as shown by the inscription given
on next page. The seal is impressed underneath the basin
from which this mark is taken, and the panels form part of
the internal decoration.