Journal · 手記 · Recorded marks, and one that is not
Shuho: the marks on record, and two characters that are not among them
25 October 2026
Shuho — Yoshimura Toen, Tokoname. Several marks are on record. On the foot of a pot listed as Shuho there is something else, and we are not giving it a reading.
At a glance
- Name
- Shuho 秀峰
- Workshop
- Yoshimura Toen 義村陶園, Tokoname
- Field
- Glazed ware
- A recorded example
- 秀峰造 written with a point, over a square 義村陶園 stamp
- Other recorded stamps include
- 義村造印, 義村陶園, 義村秀峰之印
01 · 記録 On record
A written mark over a stamp
One recorded example for Shuho is in two parts, stacked: 秀峰造 written into the clay with a point, and a square 義村陶園 stamped beneath it.
Stamps are also recorded — 義村造印, 義村陶園 and 義村秀峰之印 among them. They are listed as examples, not as a complete set.
02 · 観察 On this foot
Brushed, not written with a point
On the foot of a pot listed as Shuho, there is something else: two characters brushed in dark pigment, in a window of bare clay where the glaze was scraped away. Not written with a point, and not stamped.
It matches none of the recorded examples available to us. We are not giving it a reading, and we do not identify it as an official Shuho mark on the evidence available. Its status remains open.
03 · 考え方 Why it matters
An open list
The recorded examples are not presented as a complete set. A mark outside them should be described only as far as the evidence permits.
Read further
- Shuho 秀峰 — maker pageThe workshop and its marks
- Index of marksDocumented marks by maker
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