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A most superb example of Shigaraki. Regarded by some experts as the work of Ninsei,
in which case one hundred and thirty years would have to be added to the above date.
632-644. Cup-rest, water-jars, large tea-jars, bowls, etc. 1780-1800
645. Water-JAR, with pottery cover. H. 5 J in. Thick walls, roughly turned coarse
Shigaraki clay, thick light gray glaze, large over-splashes of red and pale green glaze, flecked
with blue, running in long streams of turquoise blue. Over-decoration of plum blossoms in
brown. 1800
A unique example of Shigaraki.
646-651. Wine-bottle, bowl, jar, incense-box, etc. 1 820-1 830
652. Wine-bottle. H. 7J in. Clay and glaze resembling Awata. On neck, warm green
glaze. Chrysanthemums freely sketched in black. 1840
A peculiar type of Shigaraki.
653~672. Flower-vases, bowls, incense-boxes, jars, etc. 1840-1870
673. Bowl. D. 6 in. Uneven rim, remarkably thin walls. Fine fawn clay, thin, dull
light olive-green glaze, with large irregular brown areas showing through. Band of leaves
and tendrils in iron-rust color. Inside, vine and trellis in same color.
Mr. Hiyashi identified this as having been made by Kobori Enshu. This has also been
identified as Showo Shigaraki. Takana Showo, a celebrated master of the tea ceremony
in the early part of the sixteenth century, is said to have given the potters of Shigaraki
many suggestions as to forms and glazes ; and pieces of this period, due to Showo's influence,
are known as Showo Shigaraki. It is impossible to believe that this bowl comes within a
hundred years of the age demanded by this statement.
675 • Hanging flower-holder, flattened and curiously out of shape. H. 6 in. Rough
reddish Shigaraki clay, with areas of rough fawn and reddish glaze. Vertical
comb-marks. Shu (imp.). 1700
676 . Tea-jar. Yi.2\\n. Rough reddish Shigaraki clay. 5^« (imp.). 1700

^n~l^'l' Tea-jars, ranging in date from 1620-1850, representing many
forms of shape and glaze. A few are grouped together in the case to show
range of variation.

BAIZAN (Case 7)
708. Tea-pot. D. 3J in. Fine light Shigaraki clay, light reddish glaze, white overglaze
running in drops. Design of scrolls and flowers roughly incised.
Baizan (imp.). 1850
OYE (Case 7)
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The pottery of Oye has an obscure origin. Early pieces are extant in
which the mark Oye is written in brown glaze with the finger. The tea-jars of a
later period are quite distinctive and very rare.
709. Tea-jar. H, 3J in. Light fawn clay, dull purplish-brown glaze mottled, splash of
olive-yellow overglaze running. Left-hand thread-mark. 1630
Identical with Ninagawa's type. Part VI., Fig. 14.
Exceedingly rare.