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SASASHIMA (Case 26 and Plate XIX. 3005)
A well marked soft pottery bearing the impressed mark Sasashima was made in
a village of that name near Nagoya, in the middle of the last century. Ninagawa
attributed this work to one of the Toyosuke potters. Careful inquiries at the Toyosuke
oven failed to bring out any allusion to the use of this mark in earlier generations.
As the work is quite different in character, and possesses a merit distinct from that
of Toyosuke pottery, it will be considered under the name Sasashima. One object,
signed Bokusai, etc., may give some clue as to one of the potters.
3004. Figure, vigorously modeled. H. 8 in. Dark gray clay, unglazed. Cloth-mark
impression outside. Sasashima (imp.). 175°
3005. Haisen, on three stout legs. Longest diameter 7 in. Irregu-
lar oval outline. Fine soft fawn clay, thick yellowish-white glaze. Over-
decoration of quaintly drawn lion in yellow, outlined and dotted with
brown, on a background of floral scrolls in green outlined in black with
purple buds and flowers. Sasashima (imp.). 1750
Gift of Denman W. Ross.
3006. Shallow bowl. D. 5J in. Light salmon clay, transparent glaze, Inside, radiating
zigzag lines, circles, etc., in white slip. Sasashima (imp.). 1780
3007. Square cake-tray. W. 7 in. Flaring sides. Light fawn clay, greenish-white glaze
coarsely crackled. Over-decoration of shell, clouds, and castle in blue. Unsigned. 1780
3008. Shallow bowl. D. 6| in. Nearly white clay, transparent underglaze, greenish-
white overglaze. Overglaze decoration of maple leaves in salmon-brown.
Sasashima (imp.). 1800
3009. Tray, in form of dust-pan. L. 8 in. Light clay,
yellow glaze. Sasashima (imp.). 1800
3010. Tea-bowl. D. 4f in. Fawn clay, transparent un-
derglaze, red Raku overglaze with greenish areas.
Sasashima (imp.). 1830
3011. Cake-plate. D. •j\ in. Soft yellowish-fawn clay
and glaze, strongly crackled. Rectangular panel in greenish-white, inside, upon which is a
devil in buff, brown, yellow, purple, and green. Sasashima, in double gourd (imp.). 1850
3012. Cake-bowl. D. 6f in. Modeled by hand. Rim crenulated. Soft
fawn clay, thick greenish-white glaze. Inside, over-decoration of gourds,
leaves, and flower in dark green and brownish-yellow, outlined in dark brown.
Shichi-jH-o Sasashima Bokusai (imp.). 1870

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FUJIMI (Case 26 and Plate XIX. 3022)
The first potter of this family was Hozo Ichiye, who began work in the latter part of
the last century. His son, Hachiroyemon Murase, succeeded to the oven in the early
part of this century. His nephew bearing the same name assumed control in 1844,
and to him I am indebted for these brief notes. It has been impossible to separate the
work of these potters, though the older pieces are evidently the work of the founder.