Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Yasui Manbei TS852 Kutani 寿事happiness

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inside: 22x 22 x 21

Kanji on the side reads: Hasunohana-Tsubomi

The inside design shows some Kanji and temple-like buildings surrounded by Kimono people with gold accents

basket: 35 cm long x 20

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Kanji Yasui Manbei TS852 Kutani 寿事happinessAntique 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: Yasui Manebei male name, 697 (might be a block number of the shop or the bottle