Sake Collection

Fifth of November
Please to remember the fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason plot; I see no reason why Gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot. A stick and a stake for Victorias sake!

I had a Little Nut Tree
I had a little nut tree, nothing would it bear but a silver nutmeg & a golden pear The king of Spains daughter came to visit me, all for the sake of my little nut tree

Traditional sake barrels at Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Japanese Art, Bowl of Pottery of Kioto, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of Japanese Art, Bowl of Pottery of Kioto, 19th Century

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Bride and Parents-in-Law. The bride performing a rite of drinking sake with her husbands parents in order to express the true heart of loving each other tenderly as

Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Drinking Sake
Japanese Wedding Ceremony - Bride and Bridegroom each drink Sake nine times to fasten the ties of matrimony - the most important ritual act in marriage. Date: circa 1910s

Barrels of Sake wrapped in straw at the Meiji Jingu, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

For Healths Sake
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood showing two cheeky monkey pilfering fruit from a sleeping orang utan, Gran pop. Title is For Healths Sake Take Things Quietly

Traditional sake bottle with assorted glasses, sake brewery, historical centre, Sanmachi, Takayama, Hida district, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Omoide Yokocho is a maze of small alleys filled with izakaya restaurants, Tokyo, Japan

Omoide Yokocho is a maze of small alleys filled with izakaya restaurants, Tokyo, Japan

Sake bottles outside a restaurant in Tokyo, Japan

Decorative sake barrels at Shinto shrine of Sumiyoshi Taisha, Osaka, Kansai, Japan

Sake barrels at Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan

Japan: Advertising poster for Umegatani Sake, c. 1925
A powerfully built Sumo wrestler - no doubt a celebrity at the time (c. 1925) endorses the virtues of Umegatani sake

Japan, Tokyo, Meiji Shrine, Sake Barrels showing Mount Fuji

Restaurant, Shomben Yokocho (Piss Alley), Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Tobosaku, Miura Daisuke Yoshiaki, and the Son of Urashima Taro Drinking Wine, 1873. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tobosaku, Miura Daisuke Yoshiaki, and the Son of Urashima Taro Drinking Wine, 1873. TobosakuDongfang Shuo), Miura Yoshiaki and Urashima Taro, all three lived long

Sake Vessel in the Form of Urashima Taro on the Long-tailed Turtle, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Sake Vessel in the Form of Urashima Taro on the Long-tailed Turtle, 19th century

Geisha Drinking from Sake Kettle at 2:00 a.m. 1880. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Geisha Drinking from Sake Kettle at 2:00 a.m. 1880. From Twenty-four Hours in Shinbashi and Yanagibashi

Raiko Enters the Treasure Mountain, 1882. Creator: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Raiko Enters the Treasure Mountain, 1882. From Sketches by Yoshitoshi

Sake Vessel in the Form of Hotei with His Bag, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Sake Vessel in the Form of Hotei with His Bag, 19th century

Sake Cup Shaped like a Buddhist Gong, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Sake Cup Shaped like a Buddhist Gong, 19th century

Sake Vessel in the Form of Hotei with his Bag, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Sake Vessel in the Form of Hotei with his Bag, 19th century

Sake Flask in the Form of a Long-tailed Turtle, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Sake Flask in the Form of a Long-tailed Turtle, 19th century

Gourd-Shaped Sake Cup, Mid-19th century. Creator: Ohara Mitsuhiro
Gourd-Shaped Sake Cup, Mid-19th century

The Proper Way of Drinking New Year's Sake (Toso no miki namesomuru tei), from the ser... c. 1807. Creator: Shunsho
The Proper Way of Drinking New Year's Sake (Toso no miki namesomuru tei), from the series "Teaching Manners According to the Colors of the Spring (Shunshoku shitsukekata)", Japan, c

Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today... c. 1801/02
Fond of Sake (Sakezuki), from the series "Eight Views of Favorite Things of Today (Tosei kobutsu hakkei)", Japan, c. 1801/02

Heating Sake with Maple Leaves (Kanzake momijigari), no. 9 from a series of 12 prints... c.1716/35
Heating Sake with Maple Leaves (Kanzake momijigari), no. 9 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays, c. 1716/35

A Cup of Sake before Bed (Toko sakazuki), the sixth sheet of the series "Marriage in... c. 1769
A Cup of Sake before Bed (Toko sakazuki), the sixth sheet of the series " Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)", c. 1769

The Ceremonial Sake (Konrei sakazuki), the fourth sheet of the series "Marriage in Broc... c. 1769
The Ceremonial Sake (Konrei sakazuki), the fourth sheet of the series " Marriage in Brocade Prints, the Carriage of the Virtuous Woman (Konrei nishiki misao-guruma)", c. 1769

A Professional Buffoon, from an untitled series of 12 prints, c. 1710. Attributed to Torii Kiyonobu I

Watching the Shellfish Gathering during Low Tide at Shinagawa... late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
Watching the Shellfish Gathering during Low Tide at Shinagawa (Shinagawa shiohigari kenbutsu), late 18th-early 19th century

The Eighth Month (Nanryo), from the series a Calendar of Elegance (Furyu junikagetsu), c. 1788. Creator: Hosoda Eishi
The Eighth Month (Nanryo), from the series a Calendar of Elegance (Furyu junikagetsu), c. 1788

Festivity at a teahouse, from a parody of Chushingura, c. 1797 / 98
Festivity at a teahouse, from a parody of Chushingura, c. 1797/98

Hirado Ware Sake Bottle with Design of Chrysanthemums, 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Hirado Ware Sake Bottle with Design of Chrysanthemums, 19th century

Keg of sake and basket of oranges, Japan, 1820. Creator: Hokusai
Keg of sake and basket of oranges, Japan, 1820

The Scoop-Net, Japan, c. 1800 / 01. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
The Scoop-Net, Japan, c. 1800/01

Enjoying the Cool in a Garden, Japan, c. 1788 / 90. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Enjoying the Cool in a Garden, Japan, c. 1788/90

Act IV, from Treasury of the Loyal Retainers, Japan, c. 1801 / 02
Act IV, from Treasury of the Loyal Retainers, Japan, c. 1801/02. Preparations for a moon-viewing party: pampas grasses and chrysanthemums are being arranged

Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River, Japan, 1788/90. Creator: Kitagawa Utamaro
Pleasure-Boating on the Sumida River, Japan, 1788/90

Preparing Seven Herbs on the Seventh Day of the New Year, Japan, 1798

Courtesan Plying Shojo with Sake, no. 4 from a series of 12 prints, c. 1708

Parody of Palace Attendants Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake from " The Tale of Heike", c. 1750

Enjoying the Evening Cool near Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku bashi yusuzumi uki-e), c. 1740. Creator: Okumura Masanobu
Enjoying the Evening Cool near Ryogoku Bridge (Ryogoku bashi yusuzumi uki-e), c. 1740

Around the Kotatsu, c. 1789. Creator: Katsukawa Shuncho
Around the Kotatsu, c. 1789. Two women keep warm at a kotatsu, a low table wrapped in a heavy blanket, with a charcoal brazier underneath

Snow, from the series "Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo... c)
Snow, from the series " Snow, Moon, and Flowers of the Floating World (Ukiyo setsugekka)", c. 1784/85

Drinking Sake at a Housewarming Party (Takubiraki shuen no zu), 1863

Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake, c. 1768. Creator: Suzuki Harunobu
Burning Maple Leaves to Heat Sake, c. 1768

New Years Sake, c. 1810 / 20 (Meiji Facsimilie). Creator: Gakutei
New Years Sake, c. 1810/20 (Meiji Facsimilie)

Wine-Set for the New Year Ceremony, 19th century. Creator: Kubo Shunman
Wine-Set for the New Year Ceremony, 19th century

Still Life of Wine Kettle and Cup on Stand, 1795, year of the rabbit

Woman Entertaining Her Guest with New Year Wine, late 18th-early 19th century

Interior, Three Figures: Sake Party, ca. 1730. Creator: Hasegawa Mitsunobu
Interior, Three Figures: Sake Party, ca. 1730

Shojo Lifting a Sake Keg, Edo period, ca. 1840s. Creator: Hokusai
Shojo Lifting a Sake Keg, Edo period, ca. 1840s

A sake bout, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
A sake bout, late 18th-early 19th century

Summer sake sippers, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Hokusai
Summer sake sippers, late 18th-early 19th century

1860s Japan - portrait of a group of men and women enjoying a social meal with music dancing and sake Felice or Felix Beato (1832 - 29 January 1909)

Wife of the elite samurai class relaxing
Wife of the elite samurai class reading books, with other women writing with a pen, one looking at ukiyo-e prints, and one folding paper. Another woman delivers reams of paper and ink

For Belgiums Sake, by John Hassall For Belgiums Sake, by John Hassall
For Belgiums Sake, illustration by John Hassall. 1914

Patriotic poster, Buy British - What you & your fellows make
Buy what you & your fellows make - Buy British - for employments sake. Part of a government campaign to tackle a balance of payments crisis

Poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours, WW2
Wartime poster, For comforts sake stagger office hours -- how to avoid congestion on the London Underground. Designed by Misha Black and David Langdon. 1942

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"Sake: A Timeless Tradition and Symbol of Celebration in Japan" On the Fifth of November, amidst the serene surroundings of Meiji Jingu Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, one can witness a captivating sight - traditional sake barrels adorned with straw. These barrels stand as a testament to the rich cultural heritage and deep-rooted traditions that surround this beloved Japanese rice wine. Just like the famous nursery rhyme "I had a Little Nut Tree, " which tells tales of abundance and joy, these sake barrels symbolize prosperity and happiness, and are an integral part of various ceremonies, including weddings where they play a significant role. In the enchanting Japanese Wedding Ceremony series, we see how drinking sake is considered an essential ritual for newlyweds to bond with their parents-in-law. The artistry displayed in every aspect culture is truly remarkable. From exquisite pottery bowls crafted in Kioto during the 19th century to beautifully designed traditional bottles accompanied by assorted glasses - each element adds elegance and grace to this ancient beverage. Visiting Meiji Jingu Shrine or Sumiyoshi Taisha Shinto shrine in Osaka allows one to immerse themselves not only in spiritual tranquility but also witness decorative sake barrels that serve as offerings for divine blessings. These vibrant displays showcase the reverence given to this sacred drink throughout Japan. Sake has become more than just a beverage; it represents unity, celebration, and appreciation for life's precious moments. Just like an iconic Lifebuoy Soap advertisement assures cleanliness and purity, so does sake provide a sense of purity when shared among friends or loved ones. So next time you raise your glass filled with this delightful elixir from Asia's Land of the Rising Sun, remember its significance beyond mere taste – it embodies centuries-old customs passed down through generations while creating cherished memories that will last forever.