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MARKS AND SEALS

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.

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