Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Black Kanji TS616 carving Kanji means Moon

Kanji means Moon

black on the bottom

The headpiece at the very top uses a light bronze patterned silk cloth with a metal cap and handle

Japanese wooden transom

Japanese portable container

Antique Japanese Ceramic Sake Bottle Kayoi-Tokkuri Gray Black Kanji TS616 carving Kanji means MoonAntique 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 bottle is white with some black Japanese kanji characters on the outside. It has an opened hole on the bottom to facilitate pouring the sake.