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.
Named warship cup
Inscribed 'Conquer Russia, Victorious Return Commemorative, Warship
Nippon-Maru.' I'm not sure, but I think this vessel was a merchant raider.
Named warship cup, from the battleship Asahi.
Inscribed: 'Warship Asahi, Voyage Commemorative.'
Very rare photo transfer cup with a Navy battleship.
Inscribed 'Imperial Event Commemorative, Parade Ceremony, Lead Ship
Haruna.'
Read more about this ship here: BATTLESHIP HARUNA.
Very rare photo transfer cup with a Navy
battleship. However, the photo here was not
transferred well so the image is not clear.
Inscribed 'Imperial Event Commemorative,
Parade Ceremony, Lead Ship Haruna.'
Inscribed 'Warship Kurama, Southern Dispatch, Commemorative, Nakanishi.'
In WW1 the cruiser Kurama was dispatched to the Southern Pacific, so that
is probably the 'Southern' referred to here.
Named ship cup. Lacquered wood. Gold gilt anchor and blossom.
Inscribed 'Showa 9 [1934] 4th Fleet, Destroyer Asagiri, 1st Unit
Commemorative.'
Sunk at Guadalcanal, this ship was struck from the lists in 1942.
Superb and rare lacquered wood cup from the battleship Mikasa, one of the most famous warships
in Japanese history.

The design has the Imperial paulonia leaves above and crossed flags in the center. One flag is rather
uncommon: it has a Japanese flag design fan in the field.

Inscribed 'Warship Mikasa, Loyalty, Politeness, Bravery, Sincerity, Purity [the 5 Virtues of a Soldier],
From all the members of [???].'

The three kanji that puzzle me here are YA (arrow) DOME (stop, or resting place) and a third that I
cannot find anywhere. YADOME is sometimes used as a family name, so it could be the members of
his unit who presented the cup to Takahashi. The third kanji could be Yadome's personal name.

On the reverse: 'In Celebration of Discharge, Our Brother Takahashi.'
Named ship pewter cup. The design has a tower, and the obverse is inscribed 'Port
Arthur [White Jewel Mountain?] Memorial Tower, [?] 218 [?].

The reverse is inscribed 'China Coast Patrol Commemorative, No. 10 Destroyer,
Showa 2 [1927], [??] Association.'

The No. 10 Destroyer was one of 8 Wakatake Class destroyers, and the only one
which survived the Pacific War. However, 7 days after the end of WW2, it was sunk
by a naval mine in the Kanmon Straits.

This class of ship was originally given number designations, which proved
unpopular, so they were all re-named in 1928. The No. 10 Destroyer was given the
name Asagao.

Read more HERE.
Inscribed 'Warship Fuji, Machinist Unit, Gift to Oda.'