Named Ship Cups, page 11
Rare named Navy warship cup, dated 1921.

Inscribed 'Taisho 10 [1921] Warship Niitaka, Long Voyage Commemorative.'
The Niitaka was the sister ship of the Tsushima and participated in some major
battles, including the Battle of the Yellow Sea and the Battle of Tsushima.
Read more HERE.

In 1921 she patrolled southern China and the Dutch East Indies, which is probably
the long voyage referred to here. The next year she sank in a typhoon near
Sakhalin, and was removed from the lists in 1924.
Rare named Navy warship sake cup tray.

Inscribed ' Warship Settsu.'

The Settsu was a battleship that was launched in 1911 and stricken from the Navy
lists in 1924.
Very rare named Torpedo Boat cup.
This is the first cup I have ever seen named to a torpedo boat.

Note also that the flag to the left is the British White Ensign flag. This is probably here
because this boat was made by Yarrow Shipbuilders, which is a British company.

Inscribed 'Torpedo Boat Number 64, Discharge Commemorative.'

Although I couldn't find much in English about this boat, the information in Japanese I
found is as follows: Number 64 was a 2nd Class Torpedo Boat, Type 39. She was
completed in Sasebo, Japan on March 25, 1902. She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders
there. Discharged from the lists on April 1, 1913.

She took part in the invasion of Port Arthur and the Battle of Tsushima, both major battles
in the Russo-Japanese War.

There were 10 Type 39 torpedo boats. Only one (Number 42) was sunk. The other nine
were all struck from the lists in 1913 or 1916.
Scarce named warship cup. Lacquered wood with original paulonia wood presentation
box.

Inscribed 'Warship Nisshin, Southern Dispatch Commemorative, Abe.'

She had a long, rich battle history. Please look at the linked Wikipedia article for details.
Very rare warship launching ceremony cup. Most named ship cups are made to commemorate
service on a ship. These launching ceremony cups are far more scarce and were probably given to
people connected with the ceremony.
Inscribed 'Warship Hirado Launching Ceremony Commemorative.'
On the reverse 'Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation.' This was located in Kobe before and during
WW2, but the location has changed since. The red emblem is the logo of Kawasaki Shipbuilding. See
the image to the right, borrowed from the Wikipedia sie.
The Hirado was launched on June 29, 1911. She served in the 2nd China War as a reverse vessel and
was stricken from the lists in 1940.

Cream-colored porcelain with delicate crazing.
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A lacquered wood cup with gold gilt anchor and blossoms. This is a rare named
ship cup that is dated, which is always nice.
Inscribed 'Meiji 42 [1909] Training Vessel Aso, Long Voyage Commemorative.'
According to the article in Wikipedia, this ship was originally a Russian vessel
that was seized in Port Arthur and re-named Aso. The 1909 voyage went to
North America and Hawaii.
A lacquered wood cup with gold gilt flags, one of which is the flag of the U.S.A.
This is a rare named ship cup that is dated, which is always nice.
Inscribed 'Meiji 40 [1907] Warship Chitosei, America Dispatch Commemorative.'
According to the article in Wikipedia, this ship was built in America in 1897.
Edison filmed her original launching, and that short video clip is on the Wikipedia
page. Very cool! In 1907 the world voyage included stopping in America to
celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Jamestown settlement.

She saw action in the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War and in WW1.
A named ship lacquered wood cup with gilt blossom, battle flag,
and torpedo. It looks like there was a name inscribed below the
torpedo, but it has been rubbed out.

Inscribed 'Warship Hirado, From All the Members of the Torpedo
Firing Crew.' The Hirado was launched on June 29, 1911. She
served in the 2nd China War as a reverse vessel and was stricken
from the lists in 1940.
Named warship cup.
Inscribed 'Warship Izumo,  Dispatch to America Commemorative, Fujimori.'
The cruiser Izumo traveled to America in 1909.
Named warship cup. The design also has a family crest above the flags.
Inscribed 'Celebration' and on the reverse 'Gift, Warship Chiyoda, 2nd Squad, From all
the NCOs.'
Note that there were two main ships with this name, but the style of the cup suggests
that it belongs to the cruiser Chiyoda, not the aircraft carrier of the same name.
Lacquered wood cup with a gold gilt Emperor's standard. These rarely
appear on sake cups and indicate a direct connection with the Emperor.
This is also a named warship cup.
Inscribed 'Taisho 11 [1922] Empress Consort Her Imperial Highness
[Boarding the Vessel?] Commemorative, Destroyer Fuji.'
Note that this ship is not the Battleship Fuji, which uses different kanji.
Named warship cup.
Inscribed: 'Warship Kurama, English King Coronation Ceremony Commemorative.'
This was for George V's ceremony in 1910.
There is also a poem of some sort in the center
Inner label, describing the event
Outer label, describing the shop where these cups
were made. It is labeled 'made in the country of
Satsuma.' Kagoshima city, down in southern Japan
where they are famous for pewter-ware
An extremely rare matched set of named warship cups. Not only do they have an
inscription, but the inside label notes exactly who received the cups and when they
received them. This kind of detail is rarely found for any military sake cups.

The label reads 'The Origin of these Commemorative Sake Cups. In Showa 4 [1929]
May 20 the Crown Prince of England visited Japan to receive a medal and while here
he visited Kure, Etajima, Miyajima, and Kobe. Those who accompanied the Prince in
his voyages received 50 yen. Also, from June 1st to the 8th in the same year, they
escorted His Imperial Highness the Emperor on a tour through Kushimoto, Tanabe,
Osaka, and Kobe. For this good conduct, each member of the crew received an
additional 50 yen. In addition to the monetary rewards listed to the right, all crew
members received these pewter cups to eternally commemorate  their glory. Showa
4 [1929] July, Celebratory Day. Captain of the Destroyer Hamakaze, Yasutomi
Yoshisuke.'

The katakana on the ship picture say 'Hamakaze.'

The cups are inscribed 'Showa 4 [1929] Good Conduct Escort as well as Patrol
Commemorative. Destroyer Hamakaze.'
The Isokaze-Class Destroyer Hamakaze was built in 1915 at the Mitsubishi
Shipbuilding Yard in Nagasaki. It was struck from the lists in 1935.

The Crown Prince referred to here is Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester. He received
the Order of the Chrysanthemum in 1929. He also visited Yasukuni Shrine on May 5th
of that year.

Made of Satsuma pewter.