Named Ship cups page 3
Cloth patch
commemorating the
voyages of the Izumo,
Iwate, and Asama to
America. Labeled 'Los
Angeles, July 22, 1922.'
BATTLESHIP ASAHI
Extremely rare named ship Navy tokkuri. The pattern has three planes and
an aircraft carrier, all of which rarely appear on bottles or cups. And finding
Navy items with planes is very difficult. This is wonderfully hallmarked, too.
Inscribed 'Warship Chiyoda, Launching Commemorative, Kure Naval Factory'.
Also dated 12.11.19, which is Showa 12 [1937], November 19.

The Chiyoda has an interesting history. Built at the Kure Naval Factory in
December 1936, launched in November 1937. Carried midget submarines. In
1940 it was rebuilt to expand the submarine capacity, reducing the number
of seaplanes it could carry from 24 to 12. She was at the battle of Midway
but played no major role. Sunk at Leyte Gulf in 1944.
Battleship Shikishima
Here is a wonderful named warship cup with a map as well. The map
shows the Kuril Islands and the Sea of Okhotsk.
An anchor is near the shore of northern Hokkaido.
Note that the longitude and latitude markers are here.
Inscribed on the reverse 'Taisho 5 [1916] Surveying the Kuril Island
Commemorative, Warship Musashi.' Note that this is not the WW2-era
Musashi.
Large, well-made urushi sake cup with the Emperor's
flag. Finding this flag on cups is very difficult.

Inscribed on the reverse: 'Taisho 4 [1915] December
4th, Special Inspection of the Warship Tsukuba,
Invitation Commemorative.' It appears quite likely that
the Emperor himself visited the ship on this occasion.

Note the store stamp on the reverse of the paulonia
wood presentation box. The address reads 'Located on
the street in front of Yokosuka Naval Port.' This port
where the Tsukuba blew up in January 1917.
Here is a named ship lacquered wood cup set, belonging to a ship that was originally part of
the Russian Navy. It was captured by the Japanese in 1905 and made a part of the Imperial
Japanese Navy.

The central motif has an anchor, chain, propeller, and some sort of branch.

Inscribed on the reverse of each cup: 'Seaplane carrier, Wakamiya-maru, Taisho 3 [1914]
War Service Commemorative'. The paper wrap says 'Taisho 3, November, Presented to
Sakai [personal name?]'. The other paper insert is from the maker of the cups.

As you can read in the following linked article, 1914 was the year she participated in the
Siege of Tsingtao against the Germans.

Here is the Wikipedia article on this ship:
SEAPLANE CARRIER WAKAMIYA.
Cruiser Naniwa
The Naniwa was launched in 1885 and sunk in 1910 while surveying
the Kurile Islands.