| TOKKURI (sake bottles) |
| Along with sake cups are many accessories--trays, saucers, and bottles. The bottles are as prized as cups by many. The patterns and kanji are the same as on cups, so no extra explanation is needed. These bottles were sold either alone or with a single matching cup, but once in a while the more expensive sets would have two matching tokkuri and five matching cups. I think Dan King has a picture of one of these sets in his book. Tokkuri often have embossed symbols, which are later painted. The shapes of tokkuri vary, but most military ones have the tsuru-kubi (crane neck) shape. The artillery shell bottles (see below) have what is called rosoku-kei (candle shape). |
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