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20 — MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY.

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SAI. SAIG.ASU.
Painted in colours- Painted in colours ly.

The word Dzu^ meaning a drawing, picture, or sketch, is
used alone or in combination with No (of), or Shin (real), as
shown below :

M U

Ise. Ozvnri. Ountf i.
DZU. NO DZU. SHIN DZU
A pictitre. A portrait of. A faithful picture.

When one maker copies the style of another, he occa-
sionally couples the word Utsusu, meaning copied, with his
name, but this character is often used by celebrated makers
upon original works as an expression of humility, and
of their inability to do otherwise than copy those of more
skilful artists. The larger of the two marks below is taken
from an example made by a very celebrated Kioto potter
named Shisui Kenzan, who lived in 1745.

UTSUSU. KENZAN UTSUSU.
Copied. Ke?izan copies.
The character Zan^ meaning a mountain, is one which
frequently forms part of the names of the potters and others
in Japan the examples which are here given will show the
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