Antique Japanese Imari Blue White Porcelain Butsugu Tokkuri Altar Vase Pine 19thC 5"H Usubata A handsome example of late

A handsome example of late Meiji print production by a student of Yoshitoshi — the Imperial Palace setting

The warm amber-brown surface tone is the result of natural aging combined with traditional finishes

he continued to produce art until his death in 1960

lustrous black finish of the daisu and Kama koshi complements the bronze hibachi beautifully

1952 (printing from original prewar blocks)

Antique Japanese Imari Blue White Porcelain Butsugu Tokkuri Altar Vase Pine 19thC 5"H Usubata A handsome example of lateJapanese Imari blue and white porcelain tokkuri form altar offering vessel (butsugu), pine landscape with meander border and scale pattern neck, 19th century Japan, Arita; 19th century, Edo to early Meiji period A slender tokkuri form bottle vase in Imari sometsuke () blue and white porcelain, most likely produced as butsugu () a Buddhist altar implement for use on a household butsudan () ancestral memorial altar. The form, scale, and decoration are