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12 — MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY.
The wares produced in the province of Ise are known
by the name of Banko, which signifies “ for ever,” or,
literally, ancient ten thousand ban, ten thousand ko, old or
; ;
ancient. The character is found impressed, or in rare
instances painted, upon nearly all the wares made in this
province it is written in various styles, of which examples
;
—
are here given :
BANKO. BANKO. BANKO.
Impressed, Impressed. Impressed.
BANKO. BANKO. BANKO.
Impressed, Old style. PahUed, Ijupressed, New style.
The stamp is seldom used alone it is generally shown in
;
combination with marks of a similar meaning, or with the
name of the maker, of the factory, or some other character.
BANKO. FUYEKI. BANKO. TEKIZAN. BANKO. YOFU KEN. SENSHU. BANKO. NIPPON.
Bafiko ware. Banko ware. Tekizaji, Banko ware, Yofu factory. Bajiko ware,
Unchanging. the 77taker, A Thousand Autumns, fapan.
The impressed characters are most frequently found upon
the thin, hand-potted ware with which the name Banko
is generally associated, but the faience, which is also made
in this province, is often decorated with painted characters
of a similar meaning. These are sometimes so arranged
as to form a favorite Japanese phrase, in the following
manner :
