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MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY. 19
When two workmen join in the production of any speci-
men of pottery, they sometimes add the words Narabini (and)
and Sin (together) to their names, as shown by the following
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inscription :
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NARABINI. L.
A nd. Together.
GOROTA NARABINI SHOZUI SIN-ZO.
JSIade by Gorota a?id Ghoziii together.
Hizcn.
Two characters are used to signify painted by, Hitsu
or Hitsiisu, a pencil or a pen, and Ga or Yegakii, to draw
or delineate yegaku is the more correct rendering of the
;
latter character when it is associated with the name of a
painter.
HITSU or HITSUSU.
Tokio. Sixts2ima. Kioto.
GA >r YKGAKU.
Sa/suma . Kaga . Kaga. Tokio. Tokio.
When the decoration is in various colours, the character
Sai is used to express this when the latter is combined with
;
ga, it signifies that the artist, whose name is given in the
inscription, painted the example in colours.
