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ART INDUS TRY AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS. 



pressure of the material upon the form. The white pot (upper 

 left) is decorated with birds and blooming branches; the greyish 

 brown at the right, with the white botan blossom (paeony), laid in 

 with a corresponding material. The third pot (lower left) shows 

 the places where the thumb pressed the thin dough on the form. 

 The little house with which it is decorated is made of paste applied 

 to the paste of the pot. In the fourth a peculiar marbling may 

 be noticed, produced by a mixture of several coloured pastes. 

 Wares of this kind are called Momi-kome, or Kamo-gata. 



Banko Kichibei, after whom this flint-ware or " Gres de Banco " 

 is named, erected a furnace at Yeddo, between 1652 and 1660, 

 which was intended as a branch of the factory in Kutani, but was 

 given up later. Forty years ago, a porcelain potter, by the name 

 of Yiusetsu, built a furnace in the village of Obuke, near Kuwana, 

 changed his name into Banko, and laid the foundation of the 

 present peculiar industry which bears his adopted name. Its 

 principal seat is Yokkaichi, on the Tokai-do, where the manu- 

 facturer Kawahara-ya employs about eighty workmen. The fac- 

 tory in Obuke is still in operation, but furnishes more majolica, 

 with beautiful enamelled decorations in relief. Several potters from 

 Yokkaichi transplanted the industry to Onko in Mino, and are 

 now producing many durable wares. 



It remains still to mention Imbe-yaki, a peculiar stone-ware from 

 the province of Bizen, which, when burned in an intense fire, is 

 distinguished by a beautiful brownish red colour, and resembles 

 certain Chinese wares of a similar character. 



A. — Analyses of the Porcelain Materials of Arita, in 



HiZEN.l 



^ These Japanese names are not terms for the Arita porcelain- stones them- 

 selves, but for material made from them. 



