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545. Screen for writing-table. H. 8f in. Light fawn clay, bluish-white glaze with light
fawn areas. Chrysanthemum moulded in high relief. On obverse side, girl with small harp
resting on mat, with poem inscribed, and leaves. Edges moulded in lines, border with scroll
Recent
lines impressed.
Gift of Tadamasa Hayashi.
54^' Water-vessel. Recent
547* Tea-jar. Odo (imp.). Recent
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SOKAN (Case 6)
Records, apparently reliable, state that an immediate successor of Shohaku was a
potter who made Raku, and signed his. pieces with the impressed mark Sokan. His
work may be regarded as extremely rare. There is another record of a Sokan who
lived in Tokyo fifty years ago. He was a tea-master, built an oven in his garden, and
also made Raka The following piece is accredited to the Tosa Sokan on account
of its great age.
548. Incense-box (rabbit). L. 2| in. Coarse dull reddish-brown clay. Outside unglazed.
Inside, bright red Raku glaze. Sokan tsukuru and kakihan (imp.). 1680

KOCHI (Case 6)
The following objects are known as Kochi, from the name of the
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town in which they were made. No record is at hand in regard to the
potter or the oven.
549' WiNE-BOTTLE (doublc gourd). H. 8 in. Hard stone clay, lower hdf,
rich reddish-brown glaze; upper half, smooth light gray glaze, with under- 548
decoration of dancing boys in dark gray, roughly sketched. About rim dark
gray band notched. 1850
Gift of W. S. Bigelow,
55^" Sauce-bottle, after Odo style, with grass and flowers instead of the usual design.
1850
551. Oviform vase, with long cylindrical neck. H. loj in. Fawn clay, thick warm gray
glaze with darker spots. 185o
552- Small plate. D. 4f in. Light cream white clay, unglazed. Pine, crane, and turtle
moulded in relief inside. i860
An identical form is made in Imado, Tokyo.
553- FooD-BOWL. D. 45 in. Hard light gray clay, transparent glaze. 1870 ^

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KOHEI (Case 6)
No record is at hand regarding Kohei ; he was probably an amateur "TT
potter of Odo village.
554. Box, in form of screen-box. L. 2| in. Fine light fawn clay and glaze.
Kohei incised on bottom. Cross incised inside cover. 1850
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Kohei may also be read Takahira.