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common mark Banko, and the relative age of this work can only be judged in the
usual way. Of these marks there is a great variety in form, size, and style of writing
the characters. With the exception of Fueki and Nihon Yusetsu it is not usual to
see other names associated with this mark. In 1 878 there were twenty-one different
potters of Ise represented in the Paris Exposition. There is no mark under which a
greater variety of pottery is found than that of Banko. This statement does not refer
to the variety of form or decoration, but to leading types of pottery, such as Karatsu,
certain varieties of Satsuma, Shino, Ki Seto, Raku, Koda, and others. A study of the
pottery shows that the oldest forms bear the mark without the oval border. Banko,
then, not only runs over a period of perhaps a hundred and fifty years, but must have
been made by many potters in many places. There is apparently no way of tracing
the origin of the various pieces, and so they are reluctantly included under one name.

II27< Cake-dish, in shape of folded fan. L. i2| in. Light brown clay, warm light brown
glaze. Ribs of fan and edge of vessel thick light blue glaze.
Inside, armor disks in white. Banko {mvp.). 17^0 1 .^
This specimen is probably Yedo Banko.
II30' Incense-box (bird). L. 2| in. Light Raku clay, thick
dark orange-yellow glaze. Banko (imp.). 1 790 1127 1131
1131*. Hanging flower-vask (jar-shaped). H. 4J in. Rough brownish clay resembling
Tokoname. On upper portion, thin transparent glaze with splashes of greenish - fawn.
Roughly potted. Banko (imp.). 1790

1 133. Cake-dish, rim scalloped. D. 6 J in. Light fawn clay, heavy rich green glaze.
Inside, flowers and leaves deeply incised with yellow, purple,
light green, and white glaze. Banko (imp.). 1810

1 134- Jar- !!• 3f in- Hard light gray clay, surface
roughened by cloth impression glistening golden-brown
;
glaze, body indented. Cloth-mark impression on bottom.
Banko (imp.). 1830
Type Ninagawa. Part V., Fig. 22.
II35' Jar- H- 6i in. Thin walls. Looped handles. Deep reddish-brown clay with
white granules. Transparent underglaze yellowish-olive overglaze with
;
splashes of deep greenish-olive, running. Wood graining slightly showing
in clay. Inside, circular wave -mark impression after Korean style.
Banko (imp.). 1830

1 136*. Flower-vase. Banko (imp.). Koyuno motomeni djite. Kore wo
H3S
tsukuru (inc.). 1830
Gift of Miss Lucy Ellis.
II37- Bowl, uneven. D. 4J in. Soft light reddish clay, glistening white glaze strongly
crackled, figures in blue. * 1730
This piece was identified by Mr. Hayashi as having been made by Namimura Groroyemon.