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KUHEI (Case li)
Unglazed pottery with decoration of bright-colored enamels, identical in every way
with the work of Kentei, bears the impressed mark Kuhei. This pottery has been
made in Otowa within thirty years. An older Kuhei was of the time of NinseL

3910- Tea-pot. D. 4^ in. Fine light gray clay, unglazed, smooth surface. Figures in
blue, purple, and white enamel, touched with red. Kuhei z.v\A Otowa, Ken (imp.). 1850
3911. Furnace for tea-pot, cylindrical. H. 9J in. Walls very
thick, resting on three short square supports. Lightest fawn clay,
unglazed. Smooth surface profusely decorated with flowers in col-
ored enamels outlined in black. Kuhei and Ken (imp.). i860 3910

MAKUDSU (Case 34)
The records that I had collected from Ninagawa and others are abandoned for
more exact information which has been derived from the work Toki Shdski. In this
it states that Miyakawa Yukansai, the founder of the family, made Raku pottery in
1 596-1614 in the enclosure of the Buddhist temple, Chion-in, Awata, Kyoto. From
this the record jumps to the ninth generation, Miyakawa Chobei. He became sick in
1856, and did not leave his bed until his death in i860. The tenth generation,
Miyakawa Chozo, studied Ninsei style and taught pottery-making in Yedo for a while,
having for pupils several feudal nobles, among whom were Shimadzu and Sendai
He
After this he went back to Kyoto and studied under Mokubei for five years.
moved to Makudsu Hara, Gion, Kyoto, called himself Makudsu Niudo, and made
mostly tea-utensils, which were much admired. In 1851 he was given the pseudonym
Kozan, and also the name Makudsu. The eleventh generation, Miyakawa Kozan
Toranosuke, who was born in 1843, succeeded his father in i860. He made tea-
utensils in imitation of old potteries. In 1868 he went to Mushiage, Bizen, leaving
the charge of his own oven in Kyoto to his younger brother, Masashiro. After two
years' stay in Bizen he came back to Kyoto, but in 1 870 he left Kyoto in order to
establish himself permanently in Yokohama.
The present Makudsu in Yokohama made for a time monstrous pieces of Satsuma
with gorgeous decoration, and these were sent abroad in large quantities. At present
he is making most beautiful work in hard porcelain clay, with striking glazes and
imitations of "peach-blow" and other Chinese forms. He has justly established a
world-wide reputation for his marvelous productions. From information obtained
from Mr. Hanabusa, Makudsu's work in Mushiage dates back to 1840, and therefore
I am inclined to believe that pieces of fair age signed with the same mark that was
used on the Mushiage work represent the tenth generation of the family.

TENTH GENERATION, MIYAKAWA CHOZQ
3912. Tea-bowl. D. 4I in. Brown clay, light gray glaze, thick lighter gray overglaze
running from rim. Figure in brown. Makudsu (imp.). 1840