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 merits from an artistic point of view, and aimed at nothing higher than a resemblance to the homely ware of Korea. Some specimens, however, are of the same type as the ware of the Kita family described above, and may easily be confounded with enamelled faience of Kyōtō.

In the province of Iyo, which adjoins Sanuki and is included in the same prefecture (Ehime), the keramic industry is of comparatively modern origin. It was inaugurated in 1796, at Gohonmatsu, by Mukai Genji, whose grandson, Mukai Wahei, still carries it on. Three other factories may be mentioned in connection with this branch of keramics, namely, the factory at Iwaya-guchi, opened in 1820 by Morimoto Chusuke, whose son, Morimoto Yujiro, now has charge of the work; the factory at Nanaori, opened in 1842 by Sagawa Tomosuke, who was succeeded, in 1856, by Sakamoto Gembei; this factory remained practically inactive from 1861 till 1870, when it was reopened by Sakamoto Gengo; and finally the factory at Ichiba, which was opened by Kanaoka Otoemon in 1810, and is now under the direction of his grandson, Kanaoka Sadazo. Good porcelain stone is found at more than one place in the province, but the ambition of the manufacturers has not hitherto extended beyond the supply of local wants. Their ware is blue-and-white porcelain of mediocre quality.

This ware is manufactured in the province of Nagato, formerly the fief of Chōshiu, but now in-