Page 433 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

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3946. Fan-shaped plate. D. 9J in. Light fawn clay, dull ochre glaze below, Inside,
large areas of white, red, and bright green glaze. Outline of Fuji in brown.
Udzurayama and Fukakusa (imp.). Recent

MATSUMOTO (Case zi)
In the latter part of the eighteenth century Gosa-
buro Matsumoto made unglazed fire-vessels at Fuka-
kusa. Up to within thirty years the name Matsumoto
still continued, as seen on fire-vessels covered with
red or black lacquer, and on pottery tripods (gotoku)
to support the kettle over the coals. Similar pottery
bearing the impressed marks Fukakusa and Ichigo are
found, but whether these are made by one of the
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Matsumoto family has not been ascertained.
3947- Furnace, for boiling water for the tea -ceremony, supported on three short legs.
H. 6 in. Thick walls. Fine light fawn clay, rich red lacquer inside and out.
Fukakusa and Matsumoto (imp.). 1850
3948. Water-jar. H. 6 in. Thick walls. Soft terra-cotta clay with buff surface unglazed.
Fukakusa and Ichigo (imp.). i860
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FUKAKUSA (Case
12,)
The general name Fukakusa is applied to pieces of pottery unglazed
or lacquered bearing various marks. Whether these marks indicate
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separate potters, or whether they belong to the Matsumoto family, is
not known. For the present they will be grouped under the general name Fukakusa.
3949- Three-legged support for iron kettle. D. 4i in. Soft light clay unglazed.
Fukakusa and Shinsai (imp.). i860
3950. Flower -HOLDER. H. gf in. Irregular 5^
form, probably made to represent excrescence on 4
tree. Coarse brown clay resembling rusty cast
iron. Roughly modeled by hand, successive ir-
regular scales pressed on by the fingers. A most
3949
ungainly object. Fukakusa no. Hana (inc.). 1830
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.
395^- Furnace, for boiling water. D. ^\ in. Three short
legs. Thick walls. Fine fawn clay, bright red lacquer inside
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and out. Seiwodd (imp.). i860
CHOKYO (Case
33)
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A potter signing himself Chdkyu made among |d3;|
other objects soft Raku pottery in the form of a
stand. The word Heian in the signature is the
old name for Ky5to. 39S« 39SO