Page 202 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

THE CATALOGUE
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IIMURO (Case 14)
In 1848 a potter of Sakai, signing himself limuro Tadayuki, made, among other
forms, large shallow plates with basket-work woven around the rim.
I53I. Shallow plate, with basket-work woven about rim. D. gj in. Salmon clay and
glaze with gray areas. Inside, overglaze decoration of stork, tortoise, bamboo, plum, and pine
in green, black, white, red, and blue. On bottom,
written in black (see p. 131) :
,, . -, ( raku limuro Tadanobu
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(_lo limuro ladayukt set.
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Hakusai Kanhiro hachi jissai ga.
IZUMI IN GENERAL (Case 14)
I532. Cake-dish. D. 7 in. Mark obscure.
i860
1533 **. Incense-box, square, looped han-
dies. Dull green glaze, fluted sides. H. 2^ in
On bottom of cover, Zamakiu Shimpo utsushi Shiamu
Shdsei set and kakihan. On bottom, Kan Kenei ni 1 533
nen tsukuru (imp.).

PROVINCE OF SHINANO

The pottery of Shinano is exceedingly rare. One never finds pieces in
the bric-^-brac shops, and it was only by good fortune that Mr. Bunkio
Matsuki, a native of Shinano, secured, through the efforts of his father, a
number of specimens, with memoranda about the potters.

IGARA (Case 14 and Plate XI. 1535)
In the latter years of the last century a hard
pottery was made in the little village of Igara
Among other objects a hundred bowls were
made for the temple of Kaizenjl These bowls
had inscribed upon them, in black, Kaizenji and
Hiaku No-uchi.
1535* Bowl. D. a,\ in. Thick and heavy. Hard
light stone clay, thick light fawn glaze crackled.
1780
Characters on side as above. Specimen and
memoranda were obtained from Ninagawa.

FDYA (Case 14)
Sujihei built an oven near Matsumoto, and
made, among other kinds, Raku pottery. He 1535