Antique C1903 Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Large Blue Kanji TS631 Statue Japanese Plaster Statue

Japanese Plaster Statue

The back of the board is made of silver foil and there are some printed inscriptions

Item Weight: 593 grams

other kanji unknown

This is a vintage Japanese card game Iroha Karuta

Antique C1903 Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Large Blue Kanji TS631 Statue Japanese Plaster StatueAntique 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 sake. The commuting sake bottle became popular as a rental container for liquor stores in the Edo period when sake began to be consumed on a daily basis. This Meiji period bottle is gray with some blue Japanese kanji characters on the outside. There is a spout hole on the bottom to facilitate the pouring