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crackled. Front depressed, and cross-lines deeply cut. Gionen hachi-ju san-sai Totoki Hosho
kore wo tsukuru incised, and Ho in digitated square panel and spiral line impressed. 1801
1479- Gourd-shaped tea-jar. H. 2 J in. Hard light fawn clay, light reddish tinge;
thick lustrous dark brown glaze, with rich mottled brown overglaze and flecks of
thick white glaze crackled, A four-petaled figure in relief on side. Ho and
[kakihan ?] (inc.). 1801
k
1480. Flower-vase. H. ioJ in. Modeled in form of tree-
trunk. Rough and heavy. Brown clay, rich deep maroon brown
glaze, irregular splash of light greenish-blue and fawn over-
glaze. Fine thread-mark. Ho and spiral (imp.). 1801
Gift of Thomas E. Waggaman.
This object is interesting as being identical in glaze
to the bowl No. 1467, which is unquestionably Agano, 1479 1480
Buzen.
1481. Flower-vase. H. i2f in. Light fawn clay, thick bluish-green glaze with large
areas of olive mottled. Ho and spiral (imp.). 1801
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.

DENKO (Case 14 and Plate IX. 1483)
An oven was started in the village of Kaharu, in the district of Takawa, in 1856
or thereabouts. A variety of pottery was made. The mark Denko arises from a con-
ceit peculiar to the Japanese of taking a character from each of two different words,
as illustrated in Toshiro, Ninsei, and others. In this case the first character of the vil-
lage and of the district are taken, and, pronouncing them in the Chinese way, we have
Ka=Den and Ta=K6.

1482. Cylindrical flower -vase. H i8f in. Coarse gray clay, white glaze, splash
of green glaze running down one side. Denko (imp.).
(On top of Case 14.) 1856
Gift of W. S. Bigelow. ffl
X483> Cake -DISH. D. 7 in. Moulded. Rim with five
deep scallops representing a flower. Dull light drab clay,
rich light green glaze flecked with gold and yellow.
1482
Denko (imp.). 1856
1484. Jar. H. si ^^- Coarse light drab clay, richly crackled Satsuma-like glaze.
Denko (imp.). 1856
KU-KEN (Case 14)

A deep dish bearing the mark Ku-ken has all the appearance in clay ^
and glaze of Buzen pottery, and so is placed here provisionally. %

1485. Bowl, for rinsings. D. 5 in. Roughly modeled in form of bag with fillet
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of clay around it to represent cord. Light brown clay, light greenish-olive glaze,
with rich bluish-green overglaze flecked with white and golden-brown. Cloth impression on
bottom. Ku-ken (imp.). 1800