Plum blossom from Osaka Naniwa ume (title on object) A series for the Hanazono poetry association (series title) Hanazono bantsuzuki (series title on object), A still life of various sake (rice wine) cups. On the left a small cup of thin porcelain, floating in water in a silver bowl in a holder of black lacquerware. Next to it a cup made of a white shell, decorated inside with plum blossom. On the right a large, partly wrapped in cloth, sake cup of red lacquerware, decorated with the image of a shôjô, a mythological creature who would live on the coast and spend his days drinking sake. To the

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