Page 415 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF YAMASHIRO 271.

3796. Tea-cup. D. 2\ in. Gray-drab clay, greenish-olive celadon glaze. Inside, delicate
design of dragon, bird, etc., in relief, moulded. Mokubei (imp.). 1825
3797* Tea-cup. D. 2f in. Similar to last. Mokubei (imp.). 1825
3798. Tea-pot, in form of jewel. D. 3 in. Very fine light gray-drab clay, unglazed, pol-
ished surface darkened by use. Mokubei (imp.). 1825
3799- Incense-box (cherry blossom). D. 15 in. Japanese yellow clay "^[^ 'T'o
and glaze. Flowers shaded in red and gold. ?|^5? 7^ 3!
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Kokikwan Mokubei tsukuru (written in gold). 1825 ijS- i^ -jfc
An exquisite example. 'S£,
o 3799 3800
3800. Tea-pot, very thin walls. D. 3I in. White clay unglazed.
Figures of Chinese children at play, in green, purple, yellow, and blue enamels, outlined in
black. Kokikwan Mokubei tsukuru (yiriXi&a). 1825
A remarkable example of decoration.
3801—3807. Tea-cups, tea-pots, cover-rest, and furnace for
TEA-POT, variously signed Robei tsukuru
(written) (3801), Robei Moku (written) ^L « ^ 00^ J.
^^ o"
\l?>02), Kokikwan Mokubei {yi\\Xl&ri){j,Zoi), ''
and Mokubei (imp.) (3804, 3806). 1825 3805
3808. Bowl, deeply notched at base. D. 4f in. Thick and heavy. Gray-drab clay, light
grayish -yellow underglaze, greenish-blue overglaze running.
Bats in blue and brown. Ao Mokubei (imp.). 1825
3809—3814- Pieces of Mokubei variously signed Ao Mo-
kubei (imp.) (3809), Kwan (written) (3810), Koto Mokubei dojin
tsukuru (inc.) (3813), Mokubei (imp.) (3814). 1825

ASAHI (Case 34 and Plate XXIII. 3815)
Accounts vary greatly as to the origin of the pottery bearing the
impressed mark Asahi. Records state that it was first made at Uji in
1624-1644. Absolute plainness of form and glaze characterize the
earlier work. Matsubayashi Chobei, claiming to be the fifteenth genera-
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tion, revived the work in 1852. The present generation, Matsubayashi g
Matsunosuke, is the grandson of Ch5bei. Miserable imitations with
counterfeit mark made by Zoroku were common in the bric-a-brac shops of Japan in
1882-1883.

3815. Tea-bowl. D. 5I in. Heavy grayish-fawn clay and glaze, splashes of thick grayish
overglaze running from rim, coarsely pitted. Asahi (imp.). 1640
Type Ninagawa. Part III., Fig. 18.
3816. Tea-bowl. D. a,\ in. Thick and heavy. Brown clay, olive-gray
glaze. Pine in dark gray. Asahi {ycap?). 1640
3817. Tea-bowl. D. 4J in. Light straw clay and glaze, finely crackled.
Asahi (imp.). 1680