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Named ship cups page 5
| Lacquered wood cup with gold gilt Imperial Paulonia Leaves. This is a named warship cup, from the battleship Fuso. The inscription on the reverse reads, 'Showa 9 [1934] On the occasion of the Honorable Prince Takamatsu Boarding the Battleship Fuso Commemorative'. Prince Takamatsu was a younger brother of emperor Hirohito, and he was in the Imperial navy. According to the Wikipedia entry, he also served on the Fuso twice. |
| Named Navy warship cup. The hand-painted design in the bowl is an impressive dragon spewing gold fire. Inscribed 'Tenryu [literally "Heaven Dragon"] Launching Commemorative'. Read more about this cruiser here: TENRYU. This ship was launched on March 11, 1918, so this cup can be dated quite easily. She had a long career and saw considerable action in WW2, finally being sunk in 1942 near New Guinea. |
Inscribed 'Conquer Germany Commemorative, Yakumo, Takahashi'.
| Warship Takasago Note the White Ensign British Naval flag. This cup commemorates the enthronement of Edward VII in 1900. The Takasago was sent to England then as a representative of Japan, and also to show the world Japan's naval power. |
Warship Nagato (cup dated 1928) The mighty Nagato, which came to such an inglorious end as a target for an atomic bomb test in 1947 |
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