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32 MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY.

Dai Nippon, Great Japan, is a favourite inscription, and
is used almost universally by the potters of Kaga and Owari,
and in a lesser degree by those of other provinces, as a
portion of their marks. Upon Owari porcelain the name
of the principal town, Seto, is generally given, and few inscrip-
tions upon Kaga ware are found without the word Kutani
being used. Examples of these and other words of a similar
character are given below.

DAI NIPPON. NIPPON.
Great Japa7i. yapa7i.

KIOTO. MAKUZUHARA. KIOMIDZU. AWATA.
The U'esiein Capital. A district i7i Kioto. A qna7'te7‘ in Kioto, A district in Kioto.