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4095> Incense-stick burner. D. 2| in. Light fawn clay, rich green glaze. Fret deeply
impressed about rim and gilded.
Jmado hamatoyo and Hanshichi (inc.), Hanshichi (imp.).
^^
1800
SAKUYEMON (Case
35)
A rare piece in the collection bears the mark
I*
Shirai Sakuyemon. The work Toki Shoshi records
a collateral branch of Shirai Hanshichi, with the
successive generations, Zenjiro, Seijiro, Genjiro,
and Sanjiro. Whether Shirai Sakuyemon was a #^
collateral branch of Hanshichi or in a direct line, I
have not been able to ascertain. The piece here
4095
catalogued is probably one hundred and fifty years
old. The mark of Sakuyemon is in a pointed oval panel, evidently in imitation of the
mark of Sosaburo, a famous furo-maker of Kyoto.

4096. Fire-vessel (spinning top). D. 5J in. Soft light brown clay unglazed. Three
encircling bands of red separated by incised lines.
Shirai Sakuyemon (imp.). 1750

SUMIDAGAWA (Case
35)
In the beginning of the century a potter known as
Kikkutei established an oven in Sumidagawa, Yedo,
and made a soft Raku pottery. The work of the first
generation was quaint and interesting. In 1875 the
third generation was at work, and the pottery shows
the usual deterioration.
4096 4097
4097' PiPE-ASH HOLDER, Cylindrical. H. 4J in. Buflf
clay and glaze. Oblique lines running from top to bottom in white slip, all but two colored
red, blue, or green. Sumidagawa sei (written). 1810
4099- Bowl. D. 41^ in. Fawn clay, transparent underglaze, light gray overglaze. Over-
decoration of ducks in white, touched with black. Sumidagawa (imp.). 1830
4100. Squat jar, globular. D. 5 in. Buff clay, transparent
underglaze, thick white glaze with buff color showing through.
Over-decoration of flowers in light red and dark brown.
Sumidagawa (imp.). 1840
4101. Tea-bowl. D. 5 in. Light fawn clay, transparent under-
4099 4101
glaze, dull red Raku overglaze with whitish areas. Cloud-mark of
olive-green on side. Sumidagawa, in rosette (imp.). 1840
Extremely rare mark.