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1350- VVater-jar. H. 8 in. Light soft clay, thick white glaze. Overglaze, decoration of
formal chrysanthemums and leaves in green, brown, and yellow on a dark brown ground.
Wave-marks in blue on the white glaze. Written in brown, on the bottom, is the mark
Ya no Kashiu Sana Shomatsu-mura Koseibaku-tei nite Yoshu Kenzan^toin Shinsei tsukuru
Kichiroku kore wo bosu. (Reduced one half; see p. 113.) 1858
I35I' Square cake-dish. W. 6J in. Fine dark fawn clay. Thick dark brown Seto glaze
across one half, on other half, thick white glaze. Outside, decoration of wheels and waves in
brown and blue. Inside, leaves and flowers in light fawn. Riujiu Kitsuroku zb (written ; see
p. "3)- 1858

PROVINCE OF KOZUKE

The collection contains a very few specimens known to have been made
in this province. They are absolutely without merit, and most of them
seem to have been made for souvenirs.
ISOBE (Case 12)
Agano Kiyomizu made pottery in the village of Isobe. The output consisted of
common dishes and the like.
1352. Cake-dish. D. 8J in. Dull light brown clay, thick fawn glaze. Inside, areas of
rich dark green overglaze. 1840
SENKA (Case 12)
In the village of Ikao, within twenty-five years, a potter, signing himself Senka, made
a soft Raku pottery with yellowish glaze and coarse crackle. As Ikao is
a famous place of resort on account of its hot springs, the pottery is made
expressly for souvenirs. The pieces are signed Senka tsukuru, and
also Senka with a square mark which has not been deciphered.
^353- Plate, irregular. D. 4J in. Light fawn clay and glaze. Inside,
poem in white with red seal. Ikao yaki (imp.). Inside, Senka tsukuru,
written in red. 1880 '^53 «3S4
1354- Wine-bottle, with looped handle. H. 6J in. Soft grayish white clay, light green-
ish - yellow Raku glaze, coarsely crackled. Tori-i and tree rudely sketched in brown.
Senka Ikao (written). Impressed mark illegible.
^355- Cake -DISH. L. s| in. Soft whitish-gray clay, thick light /^^
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salmon Raku glaze, coarsely crackled. Cloth mark impression on
bottom. Ikao Senka tsukuru (written). 1880

SUWA (Case 12)
The single bowl in the collection, bearing the mark of Suwa,
is said to have been made in Kozuke in 1870. Nothing is known
about the potter or the oven.
135^- Tea-bowl. D. 4^ in. Light brown clay, dark brown glaze.
I3SS
Suwa (imp,). Hachi-ju san (inc.). 1870