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HISASHISHIN
恒信

大日本, 薩广国, 錦谷製, 恒信画—“Dai
Nihon (Great Japan), Satsuma (no) kuni (The Satsuma Fiefdom), Kinkoku Sei (Made
by Kinkoku), Hisashishin ga (painted by Hisashishin)”

Hisashishin – painter Meiji period
HODODA / HOTODA
保土田

Satsumayaki Hododa Sei - 薩摩焼 保土田 製 - Meiji period
Satsuma
The Hododa signature may also be a traders name established in Yokohama from
the late Edo / Meiji period and not just from a studio or pottery. The founder was
the former tea trader Takichi Hododa. The quality of the assortment varies from
medium to high. Hododa often only appears in the signature, but also in quality
products with the name of the decorator. There is a difference of opinion about the
pronunciation of Hododa or Hodota. Although the kanjis are pronounced separately
as Ho-To-Da, this is not the case when it forms a name. Hododa is the correct
pronunciation, as given below (ca. 1890)