Page 509 - Catalogue of the Edward Morse collection of Japanese pottery MFA BOSTON

PROVINCE OF INABA 341

PROVINCE OF RIKUOKU

In 1858 an attempt was made to establish a pottery in Tsugaru, and
small vessels were made, among which were some good examples of glaze.
The pottery was known by the name of Akuto.

AKUTO

4550*' Beaker. D. 3! in. Fine gray-drab day, clear brown glaze clouded, irregular
splashes of light olive-green overglaze. Inside, thick white glaze running over rim. The
piece shows the work of a skilful potter. 1850

PROVINCE OF SHIRABESHI

In this province on the north-west coast of Yeso, there has been estab-
lished within recent years an oven, the products of which, judging by the
single example in the collection, show the work of an ingenious potter.
The specimen is ornamented with incised lines, the motive being taken
from prehistoric pottery found in the shell heaps just south of the town of
Otaru.

OTARU #l'J^t>
455^** Tea-pot. D. 3J in. Fine dark grayrdrab clay unglazed. Rude decora-
tion incised on cover. Cord-mark impression on side.
Hokkukai, Otaru, Honda \_Tori1'\ f« (imp.). 1886 455'

PROVINCE OF INABA

A NUMBER of specimens in the collection signed In Kyuzan (the In being
in a separate square) have proved veritable puzzles to the Japanese expert.
The objects all differ widely from one another in character. A bowl was
variously identified as Ohi, Suruga, and Kyoto ; another bowl resembles
Kitakoji pottery; a third might be mistaken for Zeze. The pieces alto-
gether suggest the work of a Kyoto potter. They are all designed for the
tea-ceremony, and may have an age of fifty years. At one time I was in-
clined to regard them as having been made by Kyuzan of Osaka, and I am