Antique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Merchant Calligraphy Meiji 10"H Ukiyoe while also contributing to newspapers

while also contributing to newspapers and continuing woodblock work

Made from finely woven bamboo or reed

a hallmark of quality export production during the Meiji era

one of Tokyo's oldest surviving shrines

A clean white clay glazed over in a light tone

Antique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Merchant Calligraphy Meiji 10"H Ukiyoe while also contributing to newspapersAntique Japanese Grey Glazed Stoneware Tokkuri Sake Jug Iron Black Merchant Calligraphy Meiji 10"H Japan Late Edo to Meiji Period, 19th century A grey glazed stoneware tokkuri () of sturdy proportions, carrying a single large boldly brushed iron black underglaze character dominating the front face, with secondary calligraphic text below a merchant or brewery mark rendered with the directness and confidence characteristic of commercial ceramics of the