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NASHI-JI SAKE POURER – MEIJI

Reference: 2016-312

A nahi-ji and maki-e decorated wood lacquered lidded sake pourer (Hisage). The interior is in red lacquer. It is equipped of a sheath for the spout. Mons (emblem) Tokugawa and Daigo are represented on the lid, the extremity of the sheath, the handle and the two sides of the pourer.

Sakes pourers (Hisage) are traditional pitchers intended for sake (“rice beer”) service. Contrary to the tokkuri, a ceramic bottle also destined to the sake service, hisage have a spout and a handle, that look like highly as a teapot and may not have lid.

Japan – Meiji Era (1868-1912)

Height : 5.11 in / 13 cm – Diameter : 5.9 in / 15 cm

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The Ichijō family is one of the five Fujiwara regents who were the main rulers of Japan in the Heian period (794-1185), a noble and powerful family. The Daigo family is a branch of the Ichijō family, founded in the early Edo period (1603-1868) by the son of Ichijō Akiyoshi.

The origin of kamon in Japan probably dates back to the late Heian period when nobles began to use them. The emperors wanted to enhance their ornaments by affixing kamon to their possessions as a distinctive mark. That is why kamon have many patterns of flowers and plants. Thus, the kamon of Daigo family represents a wisteria.

As for the Tokugawa family, they exercised absolute authority in Japan during the Edo period (1603-1868). Their emblem (mon) or kamon, is called the “triple hollyhock” represented in a circle called Maruni-mitsubaaoi (“circle around three asaret leaves with separate stems”).

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