Page 290 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

THE CATALOGUE
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Kano (2587), Kinoye-ne (2588), Densho (2589), Shin itsu sei (2590), Shunsendo (2591),
Sakusuke sei (2592), Hanji (2593), Kiyohiro (2594), Magoku (2596), Kuyemon (2597),

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2591 2592 2593 2594 2596

Shunyetsu (2598), Bunshi (2599), Toyotsune (2600), Hachi-ju-ichi-o and Bakesuke (2601*),
Makusa ? (2602), Shunka (2603), .S/4«« //j-m (2604), Akebono (2605), Shimon (2606),

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2598 2599 2600 2601 afet 2605 2606 2607 2608

Bunro (2607), and Yamaguchi (2608). Some of these are not on exhibition, and the marks
of 2581, 2590, 2597, 2602, and 2603, are not figured. They are simply identified as Seto.
No information is at hand as to the potters or their place of baking. A few have Shino
glaze, others are typical Seto. 1 780-1880
SETOSUKE (Case 24)

A rough-looking bowl with thick rim, having Seto clay and glaze, bears the im-
pressed mark Setosuke. The mark is quite different from the Setosuke of Echizen,
and the pottery widely different. It is possible that the piece represents the work of
Setosuke in Seto, where he worked before he went to Echizen. It is placed here
provisionally.
2609. Bowl. D. Thick and heavy, roughly turned. Hard dark brown j**
6J in.
clay, brown glaze, with olive-brown overglaze running in dark brown streams. vy
Setosuke (imp.). 1650 ^«
2609
SHINO (Case 22 and Plate XVIII. 261 1, 2618, 2624)
Pottery commonly known as Shino is a rough hard pottery with coarse white
crackled glaze, and, if decorated, showing hasty brush-marks in black. The work is