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3213. Bowl. D. 4^ in. Whitish-yellow clay and glaze, lustrous deep chestnut-brown
overglaze. Unsigned. 1820
Type Ninagawa. Part VII., Fig. 17.
3214. Jar. H. 6i in. Four looped handles. Clay and glaze similar to last. 1820
3215-3222. Cake -DISH, bowls, wine-bottle,

All the above are signed Kinkozan. ^m "^P {^\ ™
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3223.* Hanging kan-holder. Su^a Sobei (imp.). »Jj UJ
This is one of the Kinkozan generations. 3216 3219 3221 3222 3223
GlOZAN (Case 27)
Pottery strongly resembling Awata is said to have been made in Fukakusa in the
early part of this century.
3224. Bowl. D. 3J in. Light brown clay. Elaborate scrolls and formal flowers in green
and yellowish enamel with yellowish-white outlines. Inside, Japanese yellow glaze.
Giozan (imp.). 1820
3225. Fire-vessel. H. Light fawn Elaborate
3J in. clay. scrolls in deep blue, light
green, and yellowish enamels, with flowers outlined in yellowish-white.
Giozan (imp.). 1820 g^
3220. Bowl. D.
4I in. Japanese yellow clay, light grayish-yellow glaze. Pine rfj
and straw decoration in blue and green enamel touched with red and gold.
3226
Giozan (imp.). 1830
3227. Bowl. D. 4 in. Fawn clay, olive-grayish underglaze, yellowish-white overglaze,
running in long oblique streams with splashes of green. Inside, yellowish-white
glaze strongly crackled. High basal ring. Giozan (imp.). 1840
3228. Bowl. D. 4^ in. Gray-drab clay, rich brown glaze strongly mottled.
Giozan and Kinji (imp.). 1850
3229. Tea-pot. D. 2f in. Moulded. Light brown clay un- ^
glazed. Bamboo and inscription, vigorously incised. P*
Giozan tsukuru (inc.). 1850

BIZAN (Case 27 and Plate XX. 3232)
Bizan was born in Kanazawa, Kaga, and was the son of a wealthy rice merchant.
He showed great fondness for Utai, a certain school of music. He was also fond of
painting, and, coming to Kyoto, became the pupil of Teibio, a Kyoto artist, and studied
the art of painting No figures. He began decorating Awata tea-pots, and finally
learned the art of pottery-making. His figures of No were considered very accurate.
He died in 1862 at the age of fifty-eight. This record was given to Mr. Bunki5
Matsuki by Heijiro Takeda, the only apprentice of Bizan. Takeda, whose pseudonym
is Tojiyoku, is now sixty-two years old, and is working at Kinkozan's oven. There
was a successor to Bizan, but his work is not specially recognized.
3230. Jar, bell-shaped. H. sJ in. Gray-drab clay, light grayish-drab glaze. Circles,
lines, etc., and characters in olive-brown. At base, band of brown glaze. Bizan (imp.).
, Unique form. 1850