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Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice. In Japan, it is the national recreational beverage and also the drink of the kami (spirits) of Shintō, an indigenous Japanese religion.

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Document identity
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39117
label
Bottle (Tokkuri) for Warming Sake
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object
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2
Source metadata
id
39117
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bottle (Tokkuri) for Warming Sake
description
Sake is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice. In Japan, it is the national recreational beverage and also the drink of the kami (spirits) of Shintō, an indigenous Japanese religion.
provenance
Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1876, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
before 1876
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ceramics
tokkuri
bottles
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
13.8
height
6.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 7/16 x W: 2 1/2 in. (13.8 x 6.4 cm)
Source extras
cul
Japanese
style
Kyoto ware
med
Stoneware ceramic, rice-straw ash, and iron glazes
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6579
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JPK
exhibition_ids
244
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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2912466bb5e8b081
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no
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2
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photo
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566ad31b75651dcb
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