Antique Japanese Ceramic Imari Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri White Blue Floral TS624 Kobachi 5 cm long x 13

5 cm long x 13 cm wide x 11

This important accessory item serves to fasten the strings

the name of the publishing company Seibudo

It is made of brown beads with an iridescent finish

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

Antique Japanese Ceramic Imari Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri White Blue Floral TS624 Kobachi 5 cm long x 13Antique 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