Japanese Porcelain Western-style Teacup Vtg Yunomi Sometsuke Geisha Blue TC608 24GP Black lacquer

Black lacquer

17 cm long x 8 cm wide x 0

Good luck charm

while the front side is a gentle beige color with embroidered flowers in pastel blue

a hatamoto (a direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate) named Okubo Hikosaburo is depicted

Japanese Porcelain Western-style Teacup Vtg Yunomi Sometsuke Geisha Blue TC608 24GP Black lacquerJapanese Porcelain Teacup Yunomi for Sencha This is a vintage Japanese porcelain yunomi teacup. It is a western style cup with a small handle on one side and has a vibrant sometsuke blue and white image of geisha in kimono carrying parasols in a garden outside a temple. There is a subtle shochikubai (pine, bamboo, plum blossoms) border along the top edge. This cup is called yunomi, made for serving and drinking sencha (standard loose leaf tea). It is