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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.
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180.
181.
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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.
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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.
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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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