Antique Japanese military WW2 Port Arthur Memorial Army Sake Cup

Antique Japanese military WW2 Port Arthur Memorial Army Sake Cup

Antique Japanese military WW2 Port Arthur Memorial Army Sake Cup

An antique Japanese army sake cup, decorated with a picture of the war dead memorial tower at Baiyu Mountain at Port Arthur. The words are “Port Arthur Commemoration” and the caption under the tower tells you what it is. The tower was built after the Russo-Japanese war to commemorate those who died in the war. The exterior of the cup has a landscape painted on it and the base has the name of the kiln Kutani. Size 2” in diameter.