A very large number of Marks and Seals are to be found on Japanese Faïence and Pottery. But many of them occur on wares that present no artistic features whatever. The Marks and Seals collected in this list have, as far as possible, been weeded of all that belong to the inartistic and uninteresting varieties of ware.
HIZEN WARE.
N. B. The Marks from 1 to 97 are usually found on specimens of pre-Meiji Hizen Wares.
1.
Hōyei ni-reki=second year of Hōyei (1706).
2.
Hō=precious.
3.
Kia-yoku hōtei no chin=rare precious jewel tripod.
4.
Ken (meaningless).
5.
An undecipherable mark.
6.
Takara=precious thing.
7.
Taka (meaningless).
8.
Ko (meaningless).
9.
Yo (meaningless).
10.
Undeciphered.
11.
Taï-Sei kenryu=reproduction of the Chinese year-mark, Ta-tsing Chien-lung nien-chih (made in the Chien-lung era of the Great Bing dynasty).
12.
Rei ken chin-gan=the ideographs "wonderful representation of precious plaything," arranged round a pearl; and ju (congratulation) in a circular medallion.
13.
Ju=congratulation; an ideograph of which there are many forms.
14.
Kasei nen-sei=reproduction of the Chinese year-mark, Chia-tsing nien chih (made in the Chia-tsing era).
15.
Tai-Ming Kasei nen-sei=reproduction of the Chinese year-mark, Ta-ming Chia-tsing nien-chih (vide No. 14).
16.
Tai-Ming Banreki nen-sei=reproduction of the Chinese year-mark, Ta-Ming Wan-lieh nien-chih (made in the Wan-lieh era of the Great Ming).
17.
Another form of No. 11.
18.
Kenryu no suye tai-Sei nen-sei=made at the end of the Chien-lung era of the Ta-tsing dynasty (imitation of Chinese mark).
19.
Another form of No. 15.
20.
Tai-Ming Sei-Kwa nen-sei=reproduction of the Chinese year-mark, Ta-ming Cheng-hwa nien-chih (made in the Cheng-hwa era of the Great Ming).
21.
Seikwa nen-sei=Cheng-hwa nien-chih (vide No. 20).
22.
Another form of No. 14.
23.
Another form of No. 15.
24.
Another form of No. 12.
25.
Waga sonsen Shonzui Gorodayu seisuru tokoro ni narau=copied from the work of our honorable ancestor, Shonzui Gorodayu.
26.
Banreki nen-sei=reproduction of the Chinese year-mark, Wan-lieh nien-chih (vide No. 16).
27.
Another form of No. 3.
28.
Another form of No. 3.
29.
Tai-ming Yeiraku nen-sei=reproduction of the Chinese year-mark, Ta-Ming Yung-lo nien-chih (made in the Yung-lo era of the Great Ming).
30.
Gyoku=jewel.
31.
Hei=part of the name Motaishi Heishichi (vide text).
32.
Nen-ichi=first year. Not clearly legible and unidentified.
33.
An illegible seal-mark, roughly copied from a Chinese mark.
34.
Another form of No. 20.
35.
Another form of No. 15.
36.
Another form of No. 16.
37.
Another form of No. 20.
38.
I-gai ki-ki=most precious utensil in the empire.
39.
Ka=rejoicing.
40.
An unidentified seal-mark (apparently Natei, a man's name).
41.
Sei-tei jo-gyoku=like a jewel at the bottom of a well.
42.
Unidentified.
43.
Unidentified.
44.
Unidentified.
45.
The Swastika.
46.
Unidentified.
47.
Unidentified.
48.
Ming=the Chinese Ming dynasty.
49.
A confused imitation of some Chinese mark.
50.
Unidentified.
51.
Fuku=wealth; a commonly used mark on Imari and Kutani wares.
52.
Another form of No. 51.
53.
Another form of No. 51.
54.
Another form of No. 51.
55.
Another form of No. 51.
56.
Another form of No. 51.
57.
Another form of No. 31.
58.
Another form of No. 51.
59.
Another form of No. 51.
60.
Oryō taikai Gosho netsu—moulded by Gosho with clay from Oryō. (The origin of this mark is unknown. It is probably a copy from some Chinese mark.)
61.
Gorodayu Shonzui-zō=made by Gorodayu Shonzui.
62.
Santō namida no=(viewed) with tears of joy in Santō (copied from the Chinese).
63.
Suye=porcelain.
64.
Yempō nen-sei=made in the Yempō period (1673–1680).
65.
Unidentified (apparently the same as No. 40).
66.
Hyakusen-tei Tomohiro-sei=made by Tomohiro in the Hall of the Hundred Rivers.
67.
Tsuji Hitachi Aijō sei=made by Tsuji Hitachi (art name, Aijō).
68.
Another form of No. 67.
69.
Zōshuntei Sampo-sei (vide text).
70.
Chrysanthemum mark.
71.
Peony mark.
72.
Orchid mark.
73.
Flower (Chinese) mark.
74.
Another Form of No. 73.
75.
Another form of No. 70.
76.
Leaf mark.
77.
Lotus mark.
78.
Another form of No. 73.
79.
Representation of the eupholia litchi.
80.
Another form of No. 73.
81.
Another form of No. 73.
82. 83. 84.
Different forms of No. 73.
85.
Cherry mark.
86.
Wood-sorrel mark.
87.
Chrysanthemum and narcissus mark.
88.
Pomegranate mark.
89.
Plum mark.
90.
Butterfly mark.
91.
Another form of No. 73.
92.
Another form of No. 75.
93.
Another form of No. 89.
94.
Another form of No. 85.
95.
Another form of No. 70.
96.
Another form of No. 73.
97.
Kōfuku=prosperity and good fortune.
N.B. The following marks, from 98 to 115 inclusive, are found upon specimens of Hizen Ware dating since 1870.
98.
Nenmokuan Kizō sei=made by Kizō (called) Nenmokuan.
99. 100.
Different forms of No. 98.
101.
Yūsen Hōgen sho=painted by (Kano) Yūsen (who had the rank of Hōgen).
102.
Another form of No. 25.
103.
Hizen Arita Heirin sei=made by Heirin (at) Arita (in) Hizen.
104.
Senzan Higuchi zō=made by Higuchi (called) Senzan.
105.
Hizen Kwanyō Nenmokuan Kizō sei=made by Kizō (called) Nenmokuan (at) the official kiln in Hizen.
106.
Shōmodō Chikuha sei=made by Chikuha (called) Shōmodō.
107.
Another form of No. 106.
108.
Hizen Arita Yamaka sei=made by Yamaka (at) Arita in Hizen.
109.
Yamaka sei=made by Yamaka (vide No. 107).
110.
Gokei zō=made by Gokei.
111.
Genki nen sei=made in the Genki period (1570–1572).
112.
Yukadō sei—made by Yukadō.
113.
Hitozan Josen zō=made by Josen at Hitozan.
114.
Mark of the Seiji Kaisha (company).
115.
Nippizan Fukagawa sei=mark of the Kōransha (company).
N.B. The following marks (116 to 129) do not fall into any general category as to age.
116.
Saka Kaki=an abbreviation of Sakaida Kakiemon). This mark is found on some fine old specimens, but is also of modern use.
117.
Kameyama=mark of the Kameyama Kiln near Nagasaki; vide text.
118.
Another form of No. 117.
119.
Ka=fine; a mark found on old Nabeshima porcelain.
120.
Yō=porcelain; an old Nabeshima mark.
121.
Kosan-jin=the man of the old mountain; a Nabeshima mark found on old specimens.
122.
The sparrow-chain mark, found around the bases of fine Nabeshima porcelain.
123.
The comb-chain mark, found around the bases of Nabeshima porcelain.
124.
Another form of No. 123.
125.
Another form of No. 124.
126.
Butterfly mark, found on fine Nabeshima porcelain.
127.
Bunka nen sei—made in the Bunka era (1804–1817). A mark found on Hirado porcelain.
128.
Hirado Mikawachi Imamura Yajibei=made by Imamura Yajibei at Mikawachi in Hirado.
129.
Keiō yo-nen tsuchi-no-ye tatsu doshi san gwatsu kichi-nichi Hirado Mikawachi Imamura Rokurō kore wo tsukuru=this was made by Imamura Rokurō at Mikawachi in Hirado on a lucky day of the third month of the fourth year of Keiō (1867).
N.B. The marks from 127 to 129 inclusive are found on pre-Meiji-Hirado porcelain.
130.
Miyazaki uji—Miyazaki (maker's name). A mark found on Hirado porcelain made since 1870.
131.
Mikawachi Komaru-jo zō=made by Komaru (woman) at Mikawachi. A mark found on Hirado porcelain made since 1870.
132.
Hirado-san Shi zō=made by Shi at Hirado. A mark used subsequently to 1870.
133.
Another form of No. 132.
134.
Dai Nihon Mikawachi sei Kōransha ni oite Nishiyama sei=made by Nishiyama at the Kōransha (company) in Mikawachi, Great Japan; a modern mark.
135.
Mikawachi Mori Riki zō=made by Mori Riki at Mikawachi. A mark used subsequently to 1870.
136.
Dai Nihon Mikawachi Furukawa sei=made by Furukawa at Mikawachi in Great Japan. A mark used subsequently to 1870.
SATSUMA FAIENCE.
137.
Kōkwa ni-nen Bisotan Seiboku=(made by) Seiboku (called) Bisotan in the second year of Kōkwa (1845).
138.
Tomita=(made at) Tomita.
139.
Hōju=(made by) Hōju (or Yoshitoshi).
KYŌTŌ WARES (Yamashiro Province).
140.
Raku= mark of Yahei, the first Raku potter.
141.
Another form of No. 140.
142.
Raku=mark of Jōkei, the second Raku potter.
143.
Another form of No. 142.
144.
Raku=mark of Donyū, the third Raku potter.
145.
Another form of No. 144.
146.
Another form of No. 144.
147.
Raku=mark of Ichinyū, the fourth Raku potter.
148.
Raku=mark of Sonyū, the fifth Raku potter.
149.
Another form of No. 148.
150.
Another form of No. 148.
151.
Raku=mark of Sanyū, the sixth Raku potter.
152.
Another form of No. 151.
153.
Another form of No. 151.
154.
Raku=mark of Chonyū, the seventh Raku potter.
155.
Another form of No. 154.
156.
Raku=mark of Tokunyū, the eighth Raku potter.
157.
Another form of No. 156.
158.
Another form of No. 155.
159.
Raku=mark of Ryōnyu, the ninth Raku potter.
160.
Another form of No. 159.
161.
Another form of No. 159.
162.
Another form of No. 159.
163.
Another form of No. 159.
164.
Another form of No. 159.
165.
Another form of No. 159.
166.
Another form of No. 159.
167.
Another form of No. 159.
168.
Another form of No. 159.
169.
Raku=mark of Kichizaemon, the tenth Raku potter.
170.
Another form of No. 169.
171.
Another form of No. 169.
172.
Another form of No. 169.
173.
Another form of No. 169.
174.
Another form of No. 169.
175.
Another form of No. 169.
176.
Raku—mark of a Raku potter not identified, but probably subsequent to the tenth generation, or used by an amateur.
177.
Vide No. 176.
178.
Vide No. 176.
179. 180. 181. 182. 183. 184. 185. 186. 187.
Vide No. 176.
N.B. The mark having been employed by many amateurs in various eras, it is often impossible to identify its user.
188.
Kenzan=mark used by the experts of the Kenzan family, but there is no way of distinguishing the generations of the family by differences in the mark.
189. 190. 191. 192. 193. 194. 195. 196.
Forms of No. 188.
197.
Nippon Yōshu Kenzan Tōin sei=made by the potter Kenzan at Yōshu (a Chinese place-name), Japan. It is not known which of the Kenzans used this mark, but the probability is that it was the second of the family.
Sōzen= made by the potter Sōzen (of the Yeiraku family).
213.
Ryōzen=made by Ryōzen (of the Yeiraku family).
214.
Kahin Shiryū Yeiraku sei Konan—made by Yeiraku beside the Lake (Kahin shiryū=special mark given to the potter by the feudal chief of Kishū; vide text).
215.
Kahin Shiryū (vide No. 214).
216.
Hozen=made by Hozen (Yeiraku).
217.
Another form of No. 215.
218.
Another form of No. 214.
219.
Yeiraku=the mark used by Wazen. Twelfth representative of the Yeiraku family.
220.
Another form of No. 219.
221.
Another form of No. 219.
222.
Another form of No. 219.
223.
Omuro=a mark used by Wazen, twelfth representative of the Yeiraku family, on faïence made at Omuro. The original of the mark was written by Itakura Ben-no-suke, father of Ohashi Rakusen.
224.
Omuro Ouchiyama Seiyen=made at the Seiyen of Ouchiyama in Omuro (by Wazen; vide 223).
225.
Another form of No. 217.
226.
Tenka-ichi Sōshiro=(made by) Sōshiro, first in the empire (vide text).
227.
Another form of No. 226.
228.
Dai Nippon Kutani ni oite Yeiraku tsukuru=made by Yeiraku at Kutani in Great Japan (vide text).
229.
Another form of No. 228.
230.
Kutani ni oite Yeiraku tsukuru=made by Yeiraku at Kutani (vide text).
231.
Dai Nippon Yeiraku=(made by) Yeiraku of Great Japan (mark used by Wazen).
232.
Different form of No. 231.
233.
Different form of No. 231.
234.
Dai Nippon Sōsentei Ichigō-gwa= Written by Sōsentei of Great Japan with one stroke of the brush.
236.
Mark used by the Kyōtō potter, Moyemon, at the close of the fifteenth century.
236.
Another form of No. 235.
237.
Jū=congratulation; used by Moyemon (vide No. 235).
238.
Another form of No. 235.
239.
Shin=a mark used by the Kyōtō potter, Shimbei, at the close of the fifteenth century.
240.
Tesan="third variety"; a mark used by Shimbei (vide No. 239).
241.
Te=a mark used by Shimbei (vide No. 239).
242.
Mark (pine-spikelets) used by Kōsan Zembei, a Kyōtō potter, at the end of the fifteenth century and the early part of the sixteenth.
243.
A mark used by Kōsan Zembei (vide No. 242).
244.
Pine-spikelets=A mark used by Kōsan Zembei (vide No. 242).
245.
A circular mark used by Sōhaku of Kyōtō.
246.
A mountain mark; unidentified, but found on many good specimens of old Kyōtō faïence.
247.
An unidentified mark.
248.
Well-frame mark; unidentified, but often found on good specimens of old Kyōtō faïence.
249.
Sai=intellect. Unidentified.
250.
Hishigata=lozenge-shaped; an unidentified mark.
251.
Uzumaki=the whirlpool mark; so called in Japan, but doubtless a fanciful reproduction of the Chinese mark. Unidentified.
252.
Another form of No. 251.
N. B. It is probable that all the marks from 246 to 252 inclusive were used by various Kyōtō potters at different epochs.
253.
Ningyōshi Kōyemon=the figure-modeller Kōyemon (vide text).
254.
Tōfukuji monzen ningyōshi Kōyemon zō=made by the figure-modeller Kōyemon before the gate of Tōfuku Temple (vide text).
255.
Ninsei=the mark of Nomura Ninsei (vide text).
256. 257. 258. 259.
Forms of No. 255.
260.
Seikan-ji=the Seikan Temple; a mark used by potters of the seventeenth century, and by Nomura Ninsei.
261.
Another form of No. 260.
262.
Ninna-ji=the temple Ninna-ji; a mark used by potters in and after the time of Nomura Ninsei.
263.
Omuro=mark of the Omuro Kiln (vide text).
264.
Rakutō=a mark occasionally found on Kyōtō faience of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (vide 282).
265.
Otowa= mark of the Otowa Kiln (vide text).
266.
Another form of No. 265.
267.
Gobosatsu=mark of the Gobosatsu Kiln (vide text).
268.
Another form of No. 267.
269.
Sōhaku and a circle=made by Sōhaku, a nineteenth century potter of Kyōtō.
270.
Oike=a mark of the Gobosatsu Kiln.
271.
Awata=mark of the Awata Kiln.
272.
Awata Mokubei=(made by) Mokubei at Awata.
273.
Kyūkarin zō=made by Kyūkarin (another name for Mokubei). A drinking song is added, taken, with omissions, from the Chinese anthology.
274.
Mokubei=(made by) Mokubei.
275.
Tsumbo Bei zō=made by deaf Bei (abbreviation of Mokubei).
276.
Kokikan Mokubei zō=made by Mokubei (called) Kokikan.
277.
Kacho no fumoto Hōzan=(made by) Hōzan at the base of Kacho.
278.
Hōzan=mark of Hōzan.
279.
Another form of No. 278.
280.
Takara=riches; a mark used by Hōzan.
281.
Another form of No. 278.
282.
''Rakutō Hōzan Kansaku=mark used by Hōzan.
283.
Taihei Hōzan=full name of Hōzan.
284.
Another form of No. 278.
285.
Meiji roku-nen mizunoto-tori nigwatsu Taihei Hōzan Kinsaku (tsutsushinde tsukuru)=respectfully made by Taihei Hōzan in the year 1873. 2d month.
286.
Fukakusa no=mark of the Fukakusa Kiln.
287.
Rakuhoku=mark of a Gobosatsu potter; eighteenth century.
288. 289. 290.
Iwakura-yama=mark of the Iwakura Kiln.
291.
Iwakura-yama Michihisa tsukuru=made by Michihisa at Iwakura; nineteenth century.
292.
Iwakura=mark of the Iwakura Kiln.
293.
Hokkyō Shūhei=made by Shūhei, the Hokkyō (art rank).
Kanzan Shōuntei Kanzan Kanzan Shōuntei-ki Dai Nippon Kanzan
=marks of the second Kanzan.
510.
Kanzan Sei Sei.
511. 512.
Kitō Kitō
=marks used by Kito.
513. 514.
Nippon Tanzan Nippon Tanzan Sei
=marks used by Tanzan.
N.B. 515 to 522 inclusive are marks used by Okumura Shōzan.
515.
Okumura Shōzan.
516.
517. 518. 519. 520. 521. 522.
Konnichi buji=to- day in good-health Shōzan Gyokuu Kinō Shōzan zō Shōzan Shōzan Yasutarō
=marks used by Okumura Shōzan.
523. 524. 525.
Bunsai Bunsai Gyokuju Yensei
=marks used by Ogawa Bunsei.
526. 527.
Tōzan Tōzan ju (Tōzan congratulation)
=marks used by Itō Tōzan
WARES OF KAGA.
Ōhi Ware.
528.
Temmei hachinen saru hachi-gwatsu jūgo-nichi Ōhi Kambei saku roku-jūis-sai=made by Ōhi Kambei on the 15th of August, 1788, at the age of 61.
529.
Ōhi=mark of 23d generation of Ōhi potters.
530.
Ōhi=mark of 24th generation of Ōhi potters.
531.
Ōhi=mark of 25th generation of Ōhi potters.
532. 533. 534.
Ōhi=marks of 26th generation of Ōhi potters.
535. 536. 537.
Ōhi Ōhi Ōhi
=
marks of 27th generation of Ōhi potters.
538.
Ōhi=mark of 28th generation of Ōhi potters.
539. 540.
Ōhi Ōhi
=marks of 29th generation of Ōhi potters.
Kutani Ware.
N.B. From 541 to 568 inclusive are marks found on old Kutani; (vide text).
541.
Three illegible marks found in conjunction on old Kutani porcelain.
542. 543. 544. 545. 546. 547. 548. 549.
=various forms of the ideograph fuku (prosperity).
550. 551.
=various forms of the ideograph fuku (prosperity).
552.
Kutani.
553.
Kutani fuku.
554. 555. 556. 557. 558. 559. 560. 561. 562.
=various forms of the ideograph fuku (prosperity).
563. 564.
=various forms of the ideograph fuku (prosperity).
565.
Fuku (prosperity).
566. 567. 568.
Illegible marks.
N. B. From 569 to 597 inclusive are marks found on modem Kutani, or Kaga, Ware.
569.
Awa, sen=mark of Awaya.
570.
Dai Nihon Kutani Saitō-shi no moteme ni ōjite Utsumi Kizō sei=made by Utsumi Kizō of Kutani, Great Japan, by de.sire of Mr. Saitō; seal of Tōzan.
571.
Dai Nihon Kutani sei Kyūroku gwa=made at Kutani of Great Japan and painted by Kyūtoku.
572.
Kutani Ikkyōdō=(made by) Ikkyōdō, Kutani; and seal of Rinkō.
573.
Nippon Kutani Iwazō=by Iwazō of Kutani, Japan.
574.
Dai Nippon Kutani Yeiseidō ni oite Haruna Shigeharu sei=made at the Yeiseidō in Kutani, Great Japan, by Haruna Shigeharu.
575.
Kutani Setsuzandō=at the Setsuzandō, Kutani.
576.
Dai Nippon Kutani sei Tōō=made by Tōō at Kutani in Great Japan.
577.
Dai Nippon Kashu Kutani Motomezaki Mambi zō= made by Motomezaki Mambi, at Kutani in Kashu, Great Japan.
578.
Shōreidō Tōzan= the Shōreidō of Tōzan (vide No. 570).
579.
Dai Nippon Kutani Kumamoto Kyūke Shōreidō Tōzan=by Kumamoto Kyūke, at the Shōreidō pottery, Kutani.
580.
Kutani Tōzan=The Tōzan, Kutani.
581.
Gohōzan shizō Nina=seal of Gohōzan presented by Nina.
582.
Dai Nippon Kutani Wakasugi=(made by) Wakasugi at Kutani, Great Japan.
583.
Kutani Asahi Haruzō=made by Haruzō at Asahi, Kutani.
584.
Dai Nihon Kutani Asahi-yama=the Asahi factory, Kutani, Great Japan.
586.
Kutani Seikan zō=made by Seikan, of Kutani.
586.
Kutani Hokuhō=Hokuhō of Kutani.
587.
Dai Nippon Kutani Kingaisha sei= made at the Kingaisha, Kutani, Great Japan.
588.
Dai Nippon Kutani Kinoshita Takemasa kore wo seisu Shōzō=made by Kinoshita Takemasa at Kutani, Great Japan, (and marked) Shōzō.
589.
Kutani Ikkyōdō=another form of No. 572.
590.
Kutani Hanyei=Hanyei of Kutani.
591.
Kinjō Tōka sei Saiunrō Asahi-yama=made by Kinjō Tōka at the Saiunrō, Asahi-yama.
592.
Dai Nippon Kutani Chinzua zō=made by Chinzan, Great Japan.
593.
Dai Nippon Kutani Kachōken sei=made by Kachōken at Kutani, Great Japan.
594.
Asahi-yama=mark of Asahi kiln.
595.
Kutani Asahi-yama=another form of No. 594.
596.
Dai Nippon Kutani Juraku zō=made by Juraku at Kutani, Great Japan.
597.
Dai Nippon Kutani Kachōken sei=another form of No. 593.
WARES OF OWARI.
598.
Teishirō=mark used by Kato Shirozayemon.
599.
Tei (T)=mark found on ware—of which 66 pieces were made—produced at the Narumi kiln by order of Furuta Oribe.
600.
Tei (T)=another form of No. 599.
601.
A kiln mark found on old Sato faïence; unidentified.
602.
Shigemasa saku, Hachigatsu=made by Shigemasa in the eighth month; mark used by Katō Shigemasa, second half of the eighteenth century.
603.
A Kiln mark and a shell, found on old Setō faïence; unidentified.
604.
The ideograph ku=a mark found on old Seto faïence; not identified.
605.
A Kiln mark, a shell and the ideograph ho=a mark found on old Seto faïence.
606.
Gen=mark of Gempin; (vide text).
607.
Rikei=name of maker (Seto); second half of the eighteenth century; first of the Toyosuke potters.
608.
Hachijū ga Sōbaitei rōjin zō=made by the old man Sōbaitei on the eightieth anniversary of his birthday; first half of the nineteenth century.
609.
Shuntaizan=mark of one of the Tōshirō family; first half of nineteenth century.
610.
Shuntai=another form of No. 609.
611.
Shunzan=mark of the father of Shuntai; (vide No. 610).
612.
Shunzan=another form of No. 611.
613.
Toyosuke=name of potter; (vide text).
614.
Kōkyūrenri Hōrakuketi kore wo tsukuru=made by Hōrakuken (Toyosuke) of the ever fragrant hamlet; the third Toyosuke.
615.
Hōraku=made by Hōraku (Toyosuk) ; another form of No. 614.
616. 617. 618.
Forms of Toyosuke marks; nineteenth century.
619.
Toyohachi=mark of the second Toyosuke.
620.
Inuyama=mark of Inuyama kiln. Middle of eighteenth century.
621.
Kenzan=mark of Inuyama kiln. Early part of nineteenth century.
622.
Tōgyoku-yen Gosuke sei=made by Gosuke at the Tōgyoku-yen.
623.
Nihon Seto Kawamoto Hansuke sei=made by Kawamoto Hansuke at Seto in Japan.
624.
Dai Nippon Hansuke sei=another form of No 623.
625.
Hoku-Han sei=a mark used by Hansuke.
626.
Kitōken Hokuhan sei=a mark used by Hansuke.
627.
Shintōken Kumesuke sei=made by Kumesulie at the Shintōken.
628.
Kwanjōzan=mark used by Katō Manyemon.
629.
Sempōzen=mark used by Itō Shirozayemon (present day).
630.
Dai Nippon Seto sei=made at Seto in Great Japan; a modern mark.
631.
Nippon Seto, Tō Shūhei sei=made by Tō (abbreviation of Katō) Shūhei, at Seto in Japan; a modern mark.
632.
Hakurendō=a mark used by Katō Shūhei (vide No. 631).
633.
Nippon Seto, Katō Kishitarō korewo 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.
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.
Tō=the ideograph for "east"; a mark used by Agano Kizō, and also by later generations of his family.
666.
Sai=a mark used by the representative of the seventh in descent from Agano Kizō.
667.
Ya=mark used by Uyeno Yaichirō; early in nineteenth century.
668.
Watari Sayemon=name of a maker found on Yatsushiro faïence of eighteenth century.
HIGO KŌDA.
669.
Higo Kōda-yama no Tokō, Kwansei nen sei=made in the era Kwansei (1789–1800) by a potter of Kōdayama in Higo. The first pottery is said to have been made at Kōda by Agano Kizō (vide text).
670.
Higo Udogori Kōdayama sei=made at Kōdayama in the Udo district of Higo; eighteenth century mark.
670
–A.Shofūtei=art name of a potter who worked (middle of nineteenth century) at Kōda and also at Shodai-yama in Higo.
BIZEN (IMBE WARE).
671.
Man=ideograph for ten thousand; a mark found on Imbe ware of nineteenth century.
672.
Crescent-moon mark, found on old Imbe ware.
673.
Daikichi=a mark (unidentified) found on Imbe ware of the eighteenth century.
674.
An unidentified mark found on old Imbe ware.
675.
A mark called Shippō-kuzushi, found on old Imbe ware.
676.
The ideograph kanau under Yama (mountain); mark found on old Imbe ware.
677.
The syllabary character shi; found on old Imbe ware.
678.
Kichi=mark of Yoshida Kichizayemon; end of eighteenth century.
679.
The mark called jigami-gata; found on old Imbe ware.
680.
A kiln mark found on old Imbe ware.
681.
Kyū=the ideograph for "ancient"; found on old Imbe ware.
682.
Mata=a form of the ideograph "again"; found on old Imbe ware.
683.
Sadataka=a mark found on fine middle-period Imbe ware.
684.
Terami=a mark found on nineteenth century Imbe ware of somewhat soft pâte. Sometimes this mark takes the form Terami Gorobei saku.
686.
Dai Nappon Ibem tō Mori sei=made by Mori, a potter of Imbe in Great Japan. This is the mark of Mori Rinzō, a modern potter.
SHIDORO (YENSHU).
686.
The jigamigata=kiln mark, found on old Shidoro ware.
687.
Shidoro=a mark found on Shidoro ware of various periods.
688.
Shidoro=mark found on Shidoro ware made by Yoko-oka in early part of eighteenth century.
IZUMO.
689.
Unsui=a mark found on early Izumo ware.
690.
Another form of No. 689.
691.
Un-zen=mark used by the Tsuchiya family of Fujina.
692.
Zen=mark used by the Tsuchiya family of Fujina.
693.
Rakuzan=mark used by Gombei and subsequent potters at Rakuzan in Matsuye.
SANUKI.
694.
San Yō=Sanuki kiln; mark found on Sanuki ware; second half of nineteenth century.
695.
Rihei Tomita=mark of a potter, Rihei of Tomita in Sanuki; middle of nineteenth century.
696.
Nin=a mark found on Takamatsu ware.
697.
Another form of No. 696.
698.
Shunmin Hiraga=mark of Hiraga (art name Shunmin), a potter of Sanuki, end of eighteenth century.
699.
Shunmin=another form of No. 698.
IYO.
700.
Yoshū Matsuyama=mark of the kiln at Matsuyama in Iyo, at the close of the eighteenth century.
701.
Shinshiroyama—mark of an Iyo potter, first half of the nineteenth century.
HAGI.
702.
Setsuzan saku=made by Setsuzan (art name of Miwa), a potter of Matsumoto; second half of eighteenth century.
703.
Setsuzan=another form of No. 702.
SUO.
704.
Iwakuniyama Kikkō zō=made by Kikkō Iwakuni-yama; a potter of Tada in Suo; first part of eighteenth century.
705.
Chōzan saku=made by Chōzan, a Suo potter of the eighteenth century.
KOCHI (TOSA).
706.
Odo=mark used at the Odo kiln from the time of Kuno Shōhaku (end of seventeenth century) to present day.
AWAJI.
707.
Mimpei=mark used by Mimpei.
708.
Another form of No. 707.
709.
Min=abbreviation of Mimpei's mark.
710.
Nippon Awaji Sampei=(made by) Sampei at Awaji in Japan.
MINATO.
711.
Senshū, Sakai, Honminatozaki, Kichiyemon=(made by) Kichiyemon, Original Minato ware, at Sakai in Senshū; early in nineteenth century.
712.
Another form of No. 711.
713.
Minato yaki=Minato ware; a mark used on Minato ware from the end of the eighteenth century.
YAMATO.
714.
Mokuhaku Akahada Kōriyama, Ryū Rikyō tsutsushinde Yempukushitsu ni yegaku=made by Mokuhaku at the Akahada kiln, and respectfully painted by Ryū Rikyō in the Yempukushitsu at Kōriyama; middle of nineteenth century.
715.
Akakadayama, Mokuhaku=another form of No. 714.
716.
Akahadayama=Akahada kiln; a mark used by Akahada potters from the close of the eighteenth century.
717.
Mokuhaku utsusu=copied by Mokuhaku; (vide No. 714).
718. 719. 720.
Akahada Akahada Akahada
Forms of No. 716.
721.
Aka Haku=mark used by Mokuhaku of Akahada; (vide No. 714).
722.
Another form of No. 721.
BANKO.
723.
Banko=mark found on old Banko ware.
724.
Another form of No. 723.
725.
Another form of No. 723.
726.
Another form of No. 723.
727.
Another form of No. 723.
728.
Banko=another form of No. 723.
729.
Bunka, Kanoto no hitsuji toshi, Kuwana-kō no mei ni ōjite kore wo seisu=made by order of the Daimyo of Kuwana in the 8th year of Bunka (1811).
730.
"Fūki, Chō-sei, Fuku-toku, Ji-zai"=wealth and honour, long life, good fortune and freedom; a mark found on old Banko ware.
731.
Shō-jŭ Kaku-rei Ari=life as long as that of the pine or the stork; a mark found on old Banko ware.
732.
Fuku-roku-ju=happiness, wealth and longevity; a mark found on old Banko ware.
733.
Banko fuyeki=changeless good fortune; a mark found on Banko ware by Yūsetsu
734.
Yūsetsu=mark of Yūsetsu Banko.
735.
Antō=mark used on ware made at Tsu by a brother of the original maker (Numanami) of Banko ware, from the beginning of the eighteenth century, and by subsequent potters.
736.
Senshū fuyeki=another form of No. 733.
737.
Senshū=another form of No. 736.
738.
Banko=another form of the old Banko mark.
N.B. The following marks are found on modem Banko ware.
739.
Banko fuyeki=modern Banko mark.
740.
Banko Nippon Yūsetsu=Yūsetsu Banko, Japan; a modern mark.
741.
Senshū fuyeki=changeless for a thousand generations; modern Banko mark.
742.
Banko Tekizan=a modern Banko mark.
743.
Banko, Nippon Yūsetsu=another form of No. 740.
744.
Gandosen=(made by) an anchorite for pleasure; a modern Banko mark.
745.
Banko Nippon Yūsetsu=another form of No. 740.
746.
Another form of No. 740.
747.
Gandosen=another form of No. 744.
748.
Dai fusōkoku Ikemizu Tōshi Yensō=made by the potter Ikemizu of the Yensō-sha in the "great and unequalled country;" a modern Banko mark.
749.
Nippon Banko=a modern Banko mark.
750.
Nippon Banko Date sei=made by Date; a modern Banko mark.
751.
Banko Kinkadō-in=modern Banko mark.
752.
Banko Nippon Yūsetsu=modern Banko mark.
753.
Another form of No. 752.
754.
Another form of No. 752.
755.
Sekisui Tazan tsuchikaroku Kumo tōshi Suikū Banko=a modern Banko mark.
756.
Banko, Nippon jōyō no shō=a modern Banko mark.
757.
Senshū fuyeki=another form of No. 741.
758.
Another form of No. 741.
759.
Nippon Banko=another form of No. 749.
760.
Banko Gandosen=another form of No. 747.
761.
Gando sanjin zō, Banko Gandosen=another form of No. 760.
762.
Nippon Banko, Shunkei=mark Shunkei, a modern Banko potter.
763.
Banko, Senshū, Yōtōken=mark of Yōtōken, a modern Banko potter.
764.
Nippon Banko=a modern Banko mark.
766.
Sekitokuyen sei=made at the Sekitokuyen, the name of a kiln in Isawa where modern Banko ware is made.
ŌMI.
766.
Ōye=mark found on pottery of Ōye-mura; second half of fifteenth century.
767.
Gōshū, Seta Kyōtō, tokishi Mompei=mark of the potter Mompei of Kyōtō, who worked at Seta in Gōshu (Ōmi) at close of eighteenth and beginning of nineteenth century.
768.
Mompeiyama=mark of Mompei kiln; (vide No. 767).
769.
Hira=mark on pottery made at Hira, beside lake Biwa, from the early part of nineteenth century.
770.
Shiga=mark found on Shigaraki ware; probably of the seventeenth century.
771.
Another form of No. 770.
772.
Zezetora=mark used by Torakichi, a potter of Kyōtō, who worked at the Zeze kiln in the middle of the nineteenth century.
773.
Chōtōzan=a mark used by Hozen upon pottery made by him at Miidera, about the year 1848.
774.
Kotō, Shizen jŭ=a mark found on Kotō ware; early part of nineteenth century.
775.
Kotō=another form of No. 774, but used at a somewhat later date.
776.
Kotō=a mark used at the Kotō kiln; middle of nineteenth century.
777.
Kotō, Meihō=mark of Meihō, who worked at Kotō in the middle of the nineteenth century.
HARIMA.
778.
Asagiri=mark used by a potter of Maiko in the second half of the seventeenth century.
779.
Maiko=mark of the Maiko kiln.
780.
Akashi=mark used by Seisuke at Akashi in the second half of the seventeenth century.
781.
Akashiura=another form of No. 780, but probably of slightly later date.
782.
Akaura=another form of No. 781.
782
–A.Wafūken=mark used by Hashimoto, at the Akashi kiln at the close of the eighteenth century.
KISHIU.
783.
Sanrakuyen sei=mark found on pottery produced at a kiln of that name in the grounds of the Tosa Yashiki in Yedo, in imitation of the Kairaku ware of Kishiu; middle of nineteenth century.
784.
Another form of No. 783.
786.
Another form of No. 783.
786.
Tempō jūichinen Shōchō Kore wo nozomu ni yorite Kairakuyen Sei=made at the Kairakuyen factory by desire of Shōchō in the eleventh year of Tempō (1840).
787.
Kairakuyen sei=mark of the Kairakuyen kiln.
788.
Zuishi=mark found on ware made at the Meppō kiln from the close of the eighteenth century.
789.
Kayei gannen Nanki Otokoyama sei=mark found on ware made at Otokoyama, after the fashion of Kairaku faïence. The date Kayei gannen corresponds to 1848.
790.
Nanki Otokoyama=another form of No. 789.
791.
Sansuke Seizō=mark used by Nose Sensuke, a Kishiu potter; from 1874.
SETTSU.
792.
Sakurai no Sato=mark found on Sakurai ware from the close of the eighteenth century.
793.
Kikkō=mark found on Kikkō ware, from the middle of the nineteenth century.
794.
Jūsanken=mark found on Kikkō ware potted at Tada in Suō, from the middle of the nineteenth century.
N.B. This ware belongs properly to the province of Suō, but as it was made by Kikkō of Osaka, the mark is placed here.
795.
Naniwa=mark used on Naniwa pottery (vide text).
796.
Kosobe=mark found on Kosobe ware by Igarashi Shingorō; middle of the nineteenth century.
797.
Kosobe=mark found on Kosobe ware by Igarashi Shimpei; end of eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth.
798.
Kasobe=mark found on Kosobe ware by Igarashi Shinzō; first part of the nineteenth century.
IGA.
799.
Iga no kuni=mark found on Iga ware of the sixteenth century.
800.
Marubashiramura=mark found on Marubashira ware of the seventeenth century.
MIMASAKA KATSUYAMAZAKI.
801.
Genroku hachinen Yōjō sei=made by Yōjō in the eighth year of Genroku (1695); a mark found on Katsuyama ware of Mimasaka.
BUZEN.
802.
A spiral mark used by Hoshō at Agano, in the beginning of the nineteenth century.
802
–A.Denkō=a mark used at the Kaharu kiln in the Takawa district of Buzen; from the middle of the nineteenth century. The mark is the classical pronunciation of the two ideographs Ta (den) and ka (kō).
MIYAJIMA (AKI).
803.
Miyajimayaki=mark found on faïence made at Miyajima about the middle of the nineteenth century.
MITO-YAKI.
804.
Kōrakuyen sei=made in the Kōraku Park.
N.B. The residence of the Mito feudal chief in Yedo was called Kōrakuyen; the potter was Azuma Kichiyemon of Kyōtō, about 1830–50. The ware is commonly called Mito-Yaki, though made in Yedo.
SURUGA.
806.
Shizuhata=mark found on ware made at Shizuhata in the middle of the nineteenth century.
SŌMA (IWASHIRE).
806.
Mark found on Sōma ware of the seventeenth century.
807.
Mark found on Sōma ware of various periods; (vide text).
808.
Sōma=modern Sōma mark.
809.
Sōma=modern Sōma mark.
IKAO (JŌSHŪ).
810.
Rokuya, Senka, Kawazu zō=mark found on pottery made at Ikao; modern.
811.
Saraku=another form of No. 810.
812.
Rakuraku=another form of No. 810.
813.
Dōraku=mark found on modern Ikao ware.
YOKOHAMA (MUSASHI).
814.
Miyagawa Kōzan zō=made by Miyagawa Kōzan.
815.
Makuzu Kōzan=(made by) Makuzu Kōzan.
816.
Makuzu Kōzan zō=made by Makuzu Kōzan.
817.
Makuzu in a plum-petal and the ideograph (Kana) ho=a mark used by Miyagawa Kōzan.
818.
Kōzan=a mark used by Miyagawa Kōzan.
819.
Another form of No. 818.
820.
Another form of No. 818.
821.
Another form of No. 818.
822.
Another form of No. 818.
823.
Makuzu=a mark used by Miyagawa Kōzan.
824.
Makuzugahara, Dōjin=(made by) Dōjin, at Makuzu-gahara.
825.
Makuzu yō Kōzan zō=made by Kōzan at the Makuzu kiln.
826.
Fujiyō Makuzu zō=made by Makuzu at the Fuji kiln.
827.
Makuzu=Another form of No. 823.
TŌKYŌ (MUSASHI).
828.
Kenzan, with an illegible ideograph=a mark used by Kenzan working in Yedo.
829.
Kenya=Kenya's mark.
830.
Benshi=Benshi's mark. On either side of a delineation of the Paullownia crest (of the Tokugawa) are the characters Nikkō (glory of the sun), and below is the name Yūtokujin, being the art appellation of Yoshimune, (eighth generation). There is added the inscription tenka taihei kokudo anzen kaiun shusse (peace to the empire; tranquillity to the country; success to the individual) together with Anyei gannen shogatsu hōnō Benshi (offered respectfully by Benshi in the first month of the first year of Anyei 1772).
830
–A.Seishi=mark used on ware produced in the Shiba district of Tōkyō about 1875.
830
–B. Another form of No. 830–A.
831.
Seinyū=mark found on a species of modern Raku faience made in Tōkyō.
832.
Suiuken=mark used by Miura on Sado ware of Tōkyō; modern.
833.
Sampo=another mark used by Miura (vide No. 832).
834.
Tō=abbreviation of Katō Tomojirō, a modern Tōkyō potter.
835.
Tōkyō Matsumoto Yoshinobu ga=painted by Matsumoto Yoshinobu of Tōkyō.
836.
Rōzan=mark used by a modern potter of Tōkyō.
837.
Tōkyō sei Shimauchi Shinzan ga=painted by Shimauchi Shinzan and made in Tōkyō.
838.
Suzumeyama Dōyetsu=mark of a modern potter of Tōkyō.
839.
Eizan=mark of a modern Tōkyō potter.
840.
Ryūsei Eizan=mark of Ryūsei Eizan (vide No. 839) with his seal.
841.
Tōkyō Kinyō, Hirabayashi Tōhei ga=painted by Hirabayashi Tōhei at the "brocade kiln" in Tōkyō; a modern potter.
842.
Nakagawasai, Ishiwata Takenobu=mark of modern Tōkyō potter, Ishiwata Takenobu. Art name, Nakagawa-sai.
843.
Dai Nippon Shigetake Getsuzan utsusu=copied by Shigetake Getsuzan of Great Japan; a modern Tōkyō potter.
844.
Meizan sei Yoshinobu ga=made by Meizan and painted by Yoshinobu. Meizan is a modern Tōkyō potter, who has imitated several kinds of ware.
845.
Tenka ichi, Hatta Gensai=Hatta Gensai (modern Tōkyō potter); "best under the sun."
846.
Kiyen shujin=mark of Kiyen, a modern Tōkyō potter.
847.
Tōbu Okamura zō=made by Okamura of Tōkyō; a modern potter.
848.
Dai Nippon Tōkyō Kinyosha ni oite Atago Kōsai kore wo saiga su=decorated by Atage Kōsai at the Kinyosha in Tōkyō, Great Japan.
849.
Tōkyō Kohana Waraku ga=painted by Kohara Waraku of Tōkyō; modern.
850.
Nippon Tōkyō Tōkō rakuga=a modern Tōkyō mark.
851.
Meiji Kunen Kugatsu Dai gohyaku-jūsan gō, Nippon Tōkyō Hyōchiyen sei=made at the Hyōchiyen in Tōkyō, Japan, in August, 1876; (vide No. 513.)
