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Subject:Identify creator of ceramic
Posted By: BitBite112 Mon, Dec 22, 2025 IP: 84.84.248.249
Hello everyone! I've recently bought a guinomi from an auction and kind of did so on a whim not expecting to win. Now I'm wondering if the seller spoke the truth from who it was from.
There are three parts I need translating. The text on the tomobako, the red hanko seal on the bottom left of the tomobako, and the character on the bottom of the cup. Thank you in advance!





Subject:Re: Identify creator of ceramic
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Dec 23, 2025
Tomobako,
ぐい吞　　Guinomi
九谷　　　Kutani
正彦　　　Masahiko　
Seal,
正彦　　　Masahiko

Signature on the bottom,
正彦　　　Masahiko

Tokuda Masahiko 徳田正彦 1933-2009　(from 1988 3rd generation Tokuda Yasokichi)
Ref,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokuda_Yasokichi

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Identify creator of ceramic
Posted By: BitBite112 Tue, Dec 23, 2025
Thank you very much for your reply! I'm glad that it wasn't accidentally misidentified by the seller. What kind of script is it called? And could you tell me why the characters on the hanko look nothing so different?
Also, I accidentally double posted just now since I wasn't sure if my post got sent, so ignore the copy.

Subject:Re: Identify creator of ceramic
Posted By: I.Nagy Tue, Dec 23, 2025
The inscriptions on the tomobako and the signature at the bottom are written in cursive, while the chop is engraved in seal script.
Ref.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive_script_(East_Asia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_script

With regards,
I.Nagy

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