Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Hand-Written Kanji TS506 Black Design: Horse toy and poetry

Design: Horse toy and poetry

The imperfection just below the rim

green leaves

This is a beautiful 4 tiered Japanese lacquered bento box

4 cm wide x 2

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Hand-Written Kanji TS506 Black Design: Horse toy and poetryAntique Japanese Pottery Sake Bottle Tokkuri The ceramic sake bottle (Kayoi Tokkuri) became popular as a rental container for liquor stores in the Edo period when sake began to be consumed on a daily basis. Sake shipped from the brewery is sent to each liquor store through the wholesaler, and each person goes to buy it with this sake bottle. The name of the liquor store that rented the item, the name of the place, the trademark, etc. are written on