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MARKS AND SEALS ON POTTERY. 37

The factory of Ohokawachi, in Hizen, was founded by
the prince of that province, who reserved all the wares pro-
duced for his own use, or for presentation to the rulers
and nobles of the country. Probably many of these were
decorated with the crests of those who received them, and
the following badge of the Tokugawa family appears upon
a plate of porcelain, in the Bowes Collection, identified as
having been made at this factory for presentation to a
member of that family who filled the office of Shogun.

CREST OB' THE TOKUGAWA FAMILY.

Another distinguishing feature of the decoration employed
at the Ohokawachi factory was the use upon the lower edges
of the plates and saucers made there of the mark shown on
next page it was painted in blue, and the articles so marked
;