Oribe ink slab with design of waves, chrysanthemums and water-plantains
Diameter 14.7-15.5cm
Umezawa Memorial Hall
Oribe ink slab with melon design
Diameter 15.4 – 16.9cm
Tokyo National Museum
The inkstone is thick and rectangular, with an inkstone face in the center and a green glaze around the face and sides. The bottom of the inkstone is made to resemble the base of a box, and the rough edges of the carved surface are left to show the clay. Around the inkstone face, Figure 118 shows a chrysanthemum design on a blue sea wave ground, and Figure 119 shows a gourd and grapes in arabesque relief.
