Page 492 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

328 THE CATALOGUE
YAMAGAWA (Case 38)
Under this name is included a hard brownish-colored pottery with dull
surface, of which the collection contains a number of examples. One of these
bears the signature Yamagawa, the name of the village where it was made.

4419- Form of split bell. L. 3I in. Gray-drab clay, dull purplish-brown
glaze. Yamagawa (imp.). 1650
4419
The following are also included under Yamagawa from resemblance in clay and
glaze.
4420, 4421. Tea-jars. 1680
4422-4425. Cup-rest, wine-bottle, bottle, and tea-jar. 1680, 1780, 1800, and i860

IZUMI (Case 38)
In the northern part of Satsuma, in the village of Izumi, is produced a large quan-
tity of cheap pottery in the form of bowls and dumpy tea-pots, which find their way
to the Nagasaki markets. These objects have enabled me to identify the older forms,
which are not without merit.
44^^- Tea-JAR, gourd-shaped, looped handles. H. ij in. Dull brown clay, thick dark
brown glaze mottled with golden-brown. 1650
4427* Tea-jar, irregular in shape. H. 4 in. Light brick-red clay, ochre glaze, with
brown overglaze running. Impression of circle and line on bottom.
1700
4428. Wine-bottle, globular body. H. %\ in. Long neck with
bulbous expansion. Fawn clay, rich buff underglaze, irregular splash
of richly mottled brown overglaze on body ; deep seal-brown glaze
mottled with olive-green on neck. 1780
4429. Wine-bottle. Same form as last. H. 7I in. Gray-drab
clay, nearly black lustrous glaze. 1780
4430- Covered vessel, with handle and nozzle. H. 6 in. Ochre
clay and glaze, splash of greenish-fawn overglaze. 1830
443^- Hanging flower-holder. H. 6J in. 1830
4432. Jar, for birdseed. D. 2-1'^ in. Greenish-ochre clay and glaze.
4433- Shallow bowl. D. sf in. Ochre clay and glaze.
4434" Tea-pot. D. 4 J in. Coarse reddish clay and glaze.

BETSUKAFU (Case 37 and Plate XXVII.
4437)
Records state that in the early part of the century there was made at Tsuboya a
peculiar pottery with white clay, yellow glaze, and large irregular splashes of brown,
rarely green. Its fancied resemblance to tortoise-shell (Betsukafu, or Bekko as it is
pronounced) gave it the name. It has no special merit. Sir Ernest Satow, in his