MARKS AND SEALS
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. |
198. | Yeiraku (or Eiraku)=the mark of the potter Hozen. |
199. | Different form of No. 198. |
200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. |
Different forms of No. 198. |
212. | 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= |
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