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IWAKURAYAMA (Case 27 and Plate XX. 3148)
The first maker of this pottery was an apprentice of Ninsei, and the work dates
back over two hundred years. After this a potter named Kinkozan made a new kind
of pottery, using the mark Iwakurayama. Iwakura is about four miles northeast of
Kyoto. In the middle of the eighteenth century the pottery was moved to Awata dis-
trict, since which time the most delicate of Awata pottery has been made bearing the
impressed mark Iwakurayama.
3148. Cake-bowl. D. 4I in. Rim with five deep scallops. Light gray clay and glaze.
Outside, brown circles enclosing flowers in light blue. Inside, formal design of petals in
brown and blue corresponding to scalloped rim. 1675
Type Ninagawa. Part V., Fig. i.
314Q* Bowl, elongate oval. D. t,\ in. Gray-drab clay, yellowish-gray glaze, basket design
in brown. Iwakura (imp.). 1700
3150. Incense-burner. D. 2| in. Yellowish-white clay and glaze.
Band of diaper in black, touched with gold. Inturned rim with design in
light green enamel, touched with gold. Iwakura (imp.). 1700 3149
315^" Fire -VESSEL. D. 4J in. Fine fawn clay, very light fawn glaze clouded,
decoration of chrysanthemums in blue and green. Iwakurayama (imp.). 1750
3152' Tea-bowl. D. 4f in. Fawn clay, grayish-fawn glaze. Straw and pine deco- ^j^^
ration in brown. Iwakurayama Ippo (imp.). 1800 jO
3^53- WiNE-BOTTLE, slender gourd-shaped. H. 7I in. Light gray clay and glaze. ^
Vine in brown and blue. Iwakurayama (imp.). 1825
3154- Beaker. D. \\ in. Fawn clay, Japanese yellow glaze. Blossoms /fev "^T*
in white slip, tinted with green, brown, and gold. Maple leaves in many Qifl ^^
colors inside and out. huakurayama (imp.). 1825 3154 3152
Type Ninagawa. Part V., Fig. 2.
3155- Plate. D. 6J in. Awata clay and glaze, strongly crackled. Equisetum in brown.
Iwakurayama (imp.). 1825
315"" JaJ*) swelling sides. H. 4^ in. Fine light reddish-fawn clay, dark drab glaze, strongly
crackled. Encircling lines, stars, circles, etc., impressed in white Mishima around
upper portion. Iwakurayama (imp.). 1830 j^
3157- Bowl. D. 3I in. Fawn clay, dead brown surface, scrolls in blue, green, and ^^
straw enamels outlined in yellowish-white. Inside, yellowish-white glaze. Qj
Iwakurayama (imp.). 1840 3157
HOZAN (Case 27 and Plate XX. 3176)
Ninagawa in manuscript says that the founder of this family was Bunzo, and that
he came from Omi in the middle of the seventeenth century. At various times the
family have used the marks Akashi, Asahimine, and Taihei Hosan. The family have
also imitated Ninsei, Iwakurayama, Gobosatsu, and Awata, using these various marks.
According to the same authority the eleventh generation was living in 1880. Pottery
bearing the marks Taihei and Taihei Hozan would never be recognized as Awata