Page 417 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF YAMASHIRO 273
Tenth generation . . . Ryozen . , . died ?
Eleventh generation . . H5zen . . . died 1853
Twelfth generation . . . Wagen . . . died ?
Thirteenth generation . . Tokuzen

THIRD GENERATION, SOZEN (Plate XXII. 3836)
Sozen was the first of the family who established himself in Kyoto,
made furo (easily broken, as Ninagawa adds) and also Raku
bowls, bearing the incised mark Sozen.

3836. Tea-bowl. D. 3! in. Light fawn clay, light red Raku
glaze with light yellowish-fawn areas. Strongly crackled.
Sozen utsutsu kore wo tsukuruinari f) (inc.), also kakihan. 1610
An object of the greatest rarity.
Gift of Denman W. Ross. „ ,
3836
SIXTH GENERATION, SOHIN
This potter, representing the sixth generation, is said to have baked at Nara in the
early part of the eighteenth century. Examples of his work are of the
greatest rarity. The single object in the collection, a furo, is inscribed
with his name and his age at the time of making.
3837* FuRO, low body with two encircling ribs, three short legs. D. 5^ in.
Finest gray-fawn clay, unglazed. Outside, polished, large jet-black area on one
side involving leg. Surface streaked with light red and dark gray.
Sohin and kakihan. Toshi roku-ju san (inc.), not given. 1730
Gift of George lies.
Between this family and the tenth Zengoro the collection contains no exam- ^^
pies.
TENTH GENERATION, RYOZEN

This potter succeeded to the work of his predecessor, and for a while made fire-
vessels, but afterwards apprenticed himself to Raku RiyOniu, and while working for
him discovered a peculiar kind of glaze resembling certain Chinese colors. Leaving
Riyoniu he began work on his own account, producing pottery with the new glazes of
purple, green, and yellow on a hard white body, and these pieces bear the impressed
mark Ryozen.
3838. Cylindrical flower-holder. H. Light fawn underglaze showing inside,
sJ in.
purple overglaze outside. Ryozen (imp.). 1810
3839. Candlestick. H. 8J in. Thin purple glaze, fluted lines incised and
gilded. Hollow base with yellow glaze. Ryozen (imp.). 1810
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.
3840. Flower-vase. 3838
This evidently belongs with the same set as the candlestick. No. 3839, having the same
glaze and decoration.
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.