Antique Japanese Ceramic Imari Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri White Blue Floral TS624 Kobachi Gold chrysanthemum design

Gold chrysanthemum design

from the Shrine office

Some characters on the label: 文句入 Monku iri (song title)

The surface of the plate has fine Kannyu (cracked lines)

two of which are hidden behind two sliding panels

Antique Japanese Ceramic Imari Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri White Blue Floral TS624 Kobachi Gold chrysanthemum designAntique Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Kayoi Tokkuri This is an antique Japanese ceramic sake bottle. It is called a kayoi tokkuri and is used to pour and store sake. The commuting sake bottle became popular as a rental container for liquor stores in the Edo period when sake began to be consumed daily. This bottle is an off white color with a handpainted indigo blue floral motif painted on one side and various simple linework. This particular tokkuri