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MARKS AND SEALS

wo seisu=made by Katō Kishitarō at Seto in Japan; modern.

634. Tōrakuzen=mark used by Katō Masuyemon; modern.
635. Aichiken Nagoya Fujishima Sentarō sei=made by Fujishima Sentarō at Nagoya in Aichi prefecture; modern.
636. Aichiken Nagoya Fujishima Sentarō Nippon Seto Kiōken Heisa set wo utsusu=made by Fujishima Sentarō at Nagoya in Aichi prefecture after a model by Kiōken Heisa of Seto in Japan.
637. Yakinushi Sōsendō=made by the potter Sōsendō.
638. Dai Nippon Seto sei=made at Seto in Great Japan; modern.
639. Nippon Seto Shunkō gwa=decorated by Shunkō of Seto in Japan.
640. Setosuke=(made by) Setosuke; modern.
641. Another form of No. 640.
642. Nippon Seto Katō Shigejū zō=made by Kato Shigejū of Seto in Japan; modern.
643. Dai Nippon Kato Shigejū sei=another form of No. 642.
644. Seiyeiken Shigejū sei=made by Shigejū at the Seiyeiken (vide No. 642).
645. "Shimo wo shinoide onozukara ryōhoyū wo yetari, ame wo sugite tokini kō-(yoki)-shison wo sou." Kawamoto Masakichi sei=made by Kawamoto Masakichi; a Chinese stanza is added, signifying that the best friend is he who remains true in adversity, and that vigorous growth is promoted by rain.
646. "Kaze kitarite koye shikushiku, ame sugite iro kenken." Kawamoto Masakichi sei=made by Kawamoto Masakichi; a verse of Chinese poetry is added, signifying that wind brings purity, and rain, verdure.
647. Nippon Kōtsuke no kuni Myōgisan shinzu. Owari Seto Kawamoto Masakichi sei=made by Kawamoto Masakichi of Seto in Owari, a disciple of Myōgisan in Kōtsuke in Japan.
648. Kitōyen=the art name of Kawamoto Masakichi.
649. Hōseiken zō=made by Hōseiken; modern.
650. Dai Nippon Aichi Iwata Seibei sei=made by Iwata Seibei of Aichi in Great Japan.
N.B. From 622 to 650 inclusive, are marks used by Owari potters subsequently to 1850.
CHIKUZEN.

Takatori.

651. Shun=an unidentified mark found on Takatori faience, made in the eighteenth century.
652. Ken=a Takatori mark; unidentified; eighteenth century.
653. Ki=the ideograph for "joy"; found on some fine specimens of Takatori faïence; eighteenth century.
654. Yo=the ideograph for "to give"; found on fine specimens of old Takatori faïence. This mark occurs also in conjunction with the ideograph Taka-tori.
655. Ka=the ideograph for "to add," a mark found on Takatori faïence, but not identified; eighteenth century.
656. Sen=the ideograph for "anchorite"; a mark (unidentified) found on Takatori faïence of the end of the eighteenth century or the beginning of the nineteenth.
657. Masaki Yukihiro=name of a nineteenth century Takatori potter; called also Sōshichi. He worked chiefly at Takata (vide No. 661).
658. Takatori Teiten=(made by) Teiten of Takatori; second half of nineteenth century.
659. Naosaku=name of a nineteenth-century Takatori potter.
660. Another form of No. 659.
SŌSHICHI WARE.
661. Sōshichi=name of a celebrated Hakata potter, who worked in the early years of the nineteenth century (vide No. 657).
662. Another form of No. 661.
HIGO, YATSUSHIRO.
663. Gen=mark used by Uyeno Gentarō; eighteenth century.
664. Another form of No. 663.
665. =the ideograph for "east"; a mark used by Agano Kizō, and

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