Page 175 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF SHIMOTSUKE "3
KOSUNA (Case 12)
In 1854 Hanbei Fujita, by order of the governor of the province, established an
oven in the village of Kosuna. On his work he was instructed to record the place
and date of fabrication. The son of Fujita continued the oven for a short time.
Judging from the single piece in the collection the pottery had no special merit.
1349' Square bottle. H. ioJ in. Hard light fawn clay, thick white glaze. Decoration
of pine in clear blue, roughly sketched. Bottom
glazed, on which is written in blue the mark, Ansei
san run, Shimotsuke no kuni nasu-gori Kosuna-mura
ni oite kore wo tsukuru. 1854

KICHIROKU (Case 12)
it
A potter named Ida Kichiroku made pottery
for a short time in the village of Sano. A few
pieces were decorated after Kenzan style. In
i860 he came to Tokyo and opened a bric-i-brac
shop in Asakusa, and also started an oven.
Among other objects he made little figures after
Ky5to style. Ninagawa records Kichiroku as
coming from Shimosa. Another
authority states that he came
from Sano, Kozuke. This diver-
sity of opinion arises from the
juxtaposition of the three pro-
vinces. A piece of Kichiroku
bears the inscription of Sano,
Shimotsuke, which may be re-
garded as settling the question.
Ninagawa further says that after
Kichiroku's experience inTokyS
he went to Ise, where he made
1349
pottery after Oribe style. From
here he went to Kameyama,
Hizen, where he made " blue
and white." In the Waggaman
collection is a piece marked
Kitsuroku Kameyama, and this
specimen closely resembles a
square dish from Ninagawa's
collection (see below. Cat. No. W\§: t.
1351), said to have been made
by Kichiroku in ShimSsa. I
am not able to say whether
35' 1350
Kichiroku and Kitsuroku are
(see p. 114) (see p. 114)
the same or different potters.