Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880's Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy 12"H Statue Those items named Sho Chiku

Those items named Sho Chiku Bai are typically used to indicate grade/quality of themselves

particularly in temples

Tracing this culture of insubordination from the bakumatsu shishi warriors of the 1860s through the 1930s military-political crises

It was a friend of mankind and guardian of the spirit world

Condition: may have pulled threads and small stains consistent with being approximately a century old

Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880's Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy 12"H Statue Those items named Sho ChikuAntique Japanese Dark Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug White Slip Calligraphy Tap Hole Meiji 14"H Japan Late Edo to Meiji Period, 19th century A dark iron brown glazed stoneware tokkuri () of good proportions, the ovoid body rising to a narrow neck with rolled lip ring. Bold merchant calligraphy in white slip sweeps across the body in a loose, expressive hand the identifying mark of a sake brewery or merchant house. A lower tap hole is present,