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SHOKO TAKEBE
正公 武部

Skoko Takebe, with Thomas. B. Blow name in Katakana.

Shoko Takebe is only known to work on behalf of the English trader Thomas Blow.
Thomas Blow is known to have worked in Japan during the latter years of the Meiji
Period as a member of the Red Cross. Blow may have assisted with the Loan
Exhibition of Japanese Art and Handicraft held in aid of the British Red Cross,
October to November 1915.

Shoko Takebe – Meiji period

SHIMAMURA
島村

Shimamura sei
SHISEKI
紫石

Shiseki – Meiji period
SHOHO
初歩

Shoho gama (pottery) / Showa periode