Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Mikata-cho TS859 crab Vtg Japanese Tokoname Ware Ceramic

Vtg Japanese Tokoname Ware Ceramic Display Plate

Comes with 4 sutra books (Shoshinge) Jodo Shinshu: Easy to read in large letters

It is a dark brown with an etched lotus design on the front side in gold

There is a maker stamp on the bottom

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Mikata-cho TS859 crab Vtg Japanese Tokoname Ware CeramicAntique 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 daily. This gray bottle has brown characters. Gray, brown Ceramic C1900 Some characters: Mikatacho town name, Yoshi ( surrounded by a circle, Maruyoshi, is a liquor shop