Size: 11.3 x 8.2cmH Weight: 326g [Inuyama Ware] It began in the first year of the Horeki era when items resembling black-brown raku ware were first fired in Imai Village. Later, Seto potter "Kato Seizo" moved the kiln to Maruyama, east of Inuyama Castle, in the 7th year of the Bunka era (Maruyama ware). After that, the kiln was managed by several people, and in the 6th year of the Tempo era, Michihira fired Gosu Akae (blue and red overglaze), which was well-received and became known as "Inuyama Gosu." In the 11th year of the Tempo era, Lord Naruse Masatoshi, the lord of Inuyama Castle, had cherry blossoms and autumn leaves painted on tea bowls, and this became a representative design of Inuyama ware. Since the on'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading) of Inuyama is similar to Kenzan (乾山), Kenzan copies have flourished since the Meiji era. Potters of the late Edo period include: Kanamatsu Shonosuke, Kondo Hidetada Ozeki Sakujuro, etc. The mark is "Inuyama" in a rectangular or oval shape. In addition to written inscriptions, there are also many two-character marks of Kenzan.