Japanese Ceramic Jar Tsubo Vtg Akashi City Ekiben Takomeshi Takotsubo Brown Y112 Calligraphy tools 8 cm wide x 11

8 cm wide x 11

It has a handcarved floral motif on the front side

Japanese “Kashigata” hand-carved wood cake mold is used to make Higashi

It is a string that wraps around the top of the obi to keep it in shape

Japanese Ceramic Jar Tsubo Vtg Akashi City Ekiben Takomeshi Takotsubo Brown Y112 Calligraphy tools 8 cm wide x 11Vintage Japanese Ceramic Storage Jar This is a vintage Japanese ceramic jar. This container with a brown glossy glaze has inscriptions on the front as well as an octopus. It is likely a jar that contained takomeshi, rice with octopus, a specialty of Akashi City. Its shape is inspired by the pottery jars used to trap octopuses. Dark brown Ceramic C1990 Some characters: akashi meibutsu specialty of Akashi, hippari dakomeshi Hippari Dakomeshi (dish name)