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PROVINCE OF IZUMO
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many objects regarded as Rakuzan may have been made by one of the Zenshiro gen-
erations. One of the two specimens in the collection bearing the mark of Rakuzan
resembles a poor imitation of Gombei
1857. Plate. D. 1% in. Light fawn clay, rich lustrous dark brown glaze. Around rim
inside steel-colored and crystalline. 1780
1858. Cake-dish, lozenge-shaped. L. 12J in. Moulded. Gray-drab clay, warm bluish-
g^ay glaze. Inside, in relief, two interlocking cranes conventionalized. 1780
1859- Oblong dish. L. 9I in. Modeled in basket-work inside. Fawn clay, transparent
underglaze, thick fawn overglaze inside and out, splash of mottled green and white glaze
on inner sides. 1780
i860. Tea-bowl. D. 4J in. Fawn clay, rich lustrous dark brown glaze with lighter areas.
Raku (imp.). 1780
1861. Tea-bowl. D. f>\ in. Rough yellowish clay, yellowish-buif
glaze, slightly iridescent within. 1780
1862. Tea-bowl, irregular. D. 5 in. Dull fawn clay, warm gray
glaze, thick brush-mark of white glaze inside and out. Rakuzan (imp.).
A very rare mark. 1780
1863. Dish, in form of two shells (Pecten and Cardium). L. 6J in. Light fawn clay,
dark maroon glaze. Inside, rich golden-yellow and light maroon. 1820
1864. Bottle, elongate oval, short neck. H. 7I in. Light buff clay, rich dark orange
glaze coarsely crackled, clouded with dull purplish-brown. Rakuzan (imp.). 1830
Gift of Thomas E. Waggaman.
1865. Flower-vase, oviform. H. 7^ in. Thick and heavy. Light yellowish clay,
transparent underglaze, rich reddish-brown overglaze with golden-yellow splashes on 1864
shoulder. Streams of light fawn overglaze. 1830
1866. Cake-dish. D. 5I in. Light warm reddish clay, warm gray glaze. Rough sketch
of bridge, birds, scrolls, etc., in dull blue. 1830

1867. Oblong cake-dish. D. 6^*5 in. Brown clay, warm gray glaze, splashes of thick
white overglaze. Over-decoration of plum blossoms in blue. 1840

FUJINA (Case 17 and Plate XV. 1875)
The early bright yellow and fiambe glazes were first made at Fujina, and the older
and better kinds of these are known as Fujina by the Japanese. At the present day
large quantities of a similar yellow pottery made for export bear the mark of Izwno
Wakayama. As it is difficult to make any distinctions in these so far as paste and
glaze are concerned, they are here included under the original name, Fujina, though
this is arbitrary.
1868. Cake-plate, wavy rim. D. in. Fawn clay, thick yellowish - straw glaze with
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large splash of thick olive-green glaze on one side, without lustre. 1780
A fine example.