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i36 THE CATALOGUE

PROVINCE OF SURUGA

It is difficult to get reliable information about the pottery of this
province. The few pieces in the collection possess but little merit. They
all seem to have been made in the town of Shizuhata. The little informa-
tion herein given I got from an old antiquarian in Shizuhata. In this town
a kiln has been active for sixty years. The pottery consists of a soft Raku,
usually in the shape of incense-boxes and the like, with brown and green
glazes. The brown glazed ones closely resemble Ohi, Kaga.

SHIZUHATA (Case 14)
1 554- Tea-jar, with nozzle and handle roughly modeled, H. J in. Light fawn clay and
2
glaze. Shizuhata (imp.). 1800
^555- Round box. D. 2J in. Cover with Tokugawa
crest. Salmon clay and glaze. Rims of box and cover
gilded. Shizuhata (imp.). 1850
I556' Incense-box (badger). D. i| in. Modeled by
hand. Light brown clay, rich dark brown glaze mottled.
Shizuhata (imp.). i860
1557- Incense-box (turtle). L. 2\ in. Fine light fawn clay, thick light green glaze.
Shizuhata (inc.). i860
1558. Bowl. D. 4I in. Reddish-orange clay and glaze,
clouded with olive-green overglaze, lustrous.
Shizu (imp.). 1875
1559' Flaring cup, square rim. D. 3I in.
Light yellow clay, with graining of light brown
in clay, transparent glaze. Shizu (imp.).
1875 ISS9 ISS7
1560. Rectangular tray. L. 9J in. Flar-
ing sides, slightly scalloped rim. Light fawn clay and glaze. Inside,
white glaze coarsely crackled. Decorations of scrolls and flowers in
various colors. Shizuhatayama no tsuchi wo motte tsukuru (imp.). 1820
This piece is placed here provisionally.

CHIKU-MEI (Case 14)
An amateur potter, with pseudonym Chiku-mei, made
incense-boxes and the like after the style of Shizuhata.
1561. Incense-box (in form of Fuji). D. \\^ in. Salmon clay
and glaze, white overglaze running down from top, representing
snow. Fuji fumoto no tsuchi wo motte tsukuru Chikumeido (inc.)
(made with clay found near bottom of Fujiyama. Chikumeido).