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4164*. Cake-plate. D. 6J in. Moulded. Scalloped edge. Soft white clay, light green
glaze. Inside, scrolls, formal flowers, etc., impressed and glazed yellow, dark blue,
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brown, and green. Kinko (imp.). 1850 ^g
4164
IMADO (Case 35)
Under this general name must be included the productions of a number of potters
who have, so far as I can ascertain, entitled their individual work Imado. The pieces
are rarely signed. Some of the pottery is in the form of fire-vessels, soft, unglazed,
with polished black surface ; other forms have a beautiful mottled glaze
with hard ringing clay. A number of red Raku pieces occur unsigned.

4165-4180. FiRE-VESSELS, BOWLS, FLOWER-HOLDERS, INCENSE-BOXES, etC.
No. 4168 is the only one on exhibition. 4179
No. 4179 has a kakihan.

KARAKU (Case 35)
A potter named Karaku Sanzo, who showed great skill in modeling and carving,
has carried on his work within recent years in Tokyo, and later in Osaka. He was a
native of Yumoto in IwakL
4181. Figure. H. 4J in. Fawn clay. Face and body unglazed, surface tinged with red.
Karaku Sanzo, Shu [?] dai (imp.). 1880

KYOZAN (Case 35)
Katsu Awa, an adviser of the Sh5gun, brought a potter from
Ky5to, and established an oven at his residence in
Tokyo in 1870. The pieces were signed Kyozan. »
Some of the work had inscriptions upon it written
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by Awa, and signed with his pseudonym Kaishu
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and Kyozan impressed. A
4182. Bowl. D. 3^ in. Light fawn clay, light yel- ^ IW- C^'^
lowish glaze ; rough surface sliced, deeply stained within. fmjL|V^
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Inscription in black, signed Kaishu. Kyozan (imp.). 9 ^ * ™Tr
1870 4182 4181
4183. Box, in form of persimmon. D. 3 in. Soft white clay, stained a bright rosy red.
Stopper representing stem and calyx, glazed green. Kyozan (imp.). 1870
4184. Incense-burner Hotus leaf?). D. 4I in. Three legs. Sides fluted. Fawn |ir'5»j
clay, light yellow underglaze, reddish overglaze with large dark purple areas. \w/
Kyozan (imp.). 1880 4184

HEIGEN
Among the Ota potters, near Yokohama, are many who have contributed to the
flood of spurious Satsuma, with which America and Europe have been inundated. One