Sake Shop Apprentice Nakamura Utaemon

A sake shop apprentice walking with a tokkuri bottle. This type of tokkuri, known as a poor man’s bottle, is a sake container lent by a sake shop so customers can bring home any amount of sake they purchased.

Artist: Utagawa Kunisada
Published: Bunka 12 (1815)
Publisher: Kawaguchiya Uhei

Waseda University Theater Museum (Reference Number: 101-6973)
https://archive.waseda.jp/archive/

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