Page 457 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

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KOREN (Case 35)
A woman named Hattori Tsuna, with the pseudonym of Koren, was at work in 1878
making pottery by hand modeling. The color of the clay employed and the peculiar
tint and finish of her unglazed pieces, with the suggestive subjects selected, gave her
work a remarkable resemblance to wood-carving.
4x36 . Paper-weight (toad on roof tile). L. 3J in.
Meiji ju-hachi nen Keren saku (inc.). Koren (imp.).
1884
4^37- Incense-box, kidney-shaped. L. 3J in. Brown
clay, unglazed. Deep impressions of actual leaves, fern,
maple, etc. Unsigned. 1878
Gift of W. S. Bigelow.
4138. Tea-pot. D. 2f in. Modeled by hand. Light
brown clay, unglazed. Pine trunk in relief, needles
incised. Koran Joshi isttkuru (inc.). 1878
Whether Koran was any relation to Koren has not
been ascertained.
MAKUDSU (Case 35)

Makudzu Kozan moved from Kyoto to Yokohama in 1870. Here he made a great
amount of pottery for export. Within a few years there have been produced some
marvelous glazes on a hard body in imitation of Chinese forms. On the occasion of
the great National Exposition in Tokyo in 1877, Makudsu made pottery from clay
taken from Shinobazu pond, near Uyeno Park, in which place the exhibition was held.
4139. Bowl. D. 5^ in. Sides compressed. Rough and heavy. Coarse brown clay, olive-
brown glaze. Brush-marks of white slip inside
and out. Makudsu (imp.). 1877
4140. Dish, lotus leaf. D. 6^ in. Gray-drab
clay and glaze mottled. Inside, thick white glaze
with inscription in blue. Inscription states that
the piece was made of clay taken from Shinobazu
pond. Makudsu Kozan (imp.). 1877
# 4139 4140 4141
414I . Jar. H. 7J in. Looped handles. Very
light gray-drab clay, brown glaze with deep seal-brown glaze on cover and shoulder running
in streams. Makudsu (imp.). 1880
SEISHI (Case 35)
A potter named Naruse, from Mino, worked for a while in 1872, at Nagai-sho Shiba.
A variety of vessels were made for the tea-lover, but the pottery lacked sufficient merit
to insure its continuance. The mark Seishi was used. The pottery was also known
as Maruyama.
4142. Beaker. D. 6 in. Two leaves moulded on side. Coarse buff clay, light olive-
greenish glaze, spotted with brown. Characters in white. Seishi (imp.). 1872