Page 143 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF KAGA 89

1057. Plate. D. 5f in. Hard brown clay. Two thirds surface brown Seto glaze,
remaining portion white porcelain glaze with scrolls in blue, green, and
yellow outlined in brown. 1850
1058. Cake-dish. D. 5^ in. Scalloped sides. Three legs. White
stone clay, light brown glaze, white bird with blue shading on deep
brown rock. 1850
1059. Covered cake-dish. D. 6i in. Hard white clay, grayish-
white glaze. Under-decoration of bands, scrolls, and circular panels
in three radiating divisions in greenish-blue.
Dai Nippon Kutani sei (written). , 1800 1059
1060. Cake-dish, in form of large leaf and melon united, supported on three short legs.
L. 7 in. Fine light fawn clay, greenish-white glaze finely crackled. Melon portion, inside,
bright green glaze ; on leaf, inside-decoration of vine and flowers in green, yellow, and dark
red. 1870

RENDAIJI (Case 10 and Plate V. 1061)
In the work Kaga Etchu Toji-Koso it is recorded that Awabuya Aoki Genyemon,
pupil of Teikichi, made pottery at Rendaiji village. He signed his work with the
pseudonym Toko. The mark must be very rare, as the author of the above work had
never seen it.
1061. Jar. H. 6| in. Fine fawn clay ; smooth light
gray glaze, sprinkled with minute black dots. Vigorous
drawing of flower and leaves in purple, green, blue, and
yellow enamel. 7F/JJ (written). 1806

SOSENTEI (Case 10)
A potter and painter named Asai Kohachi, with
the pseudonym of Sosentei Ichigo, made pottery in
the village of Yamashiro in 1836. He baked in the oven of
Miyamoto-ya, successor of Yoshida-ya. Specimens of his work
are very rare.
1062. Flask-shaped flower-vase. H. lof in. White stone clay,
white porcelain glaze ; over-decoration of irregular masses in bright
red shaded with gold. Peonies in bright red outlined in gold, and
leaves drawn in dark red lines. On side, Sosentei Ichigo ga, in gold.
On bottom, Kutani sei, in gold. 1836
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.

ASANO (Case 10)
A potter named Asano Metabei (by another authority Gohei)
is said to have made, among other kinds, black glazed bowls.
The mark Asano occurs on a low square bottle which has some
resemblance to Buzen.