Original Imperial Japanese WWII Unissued Wrapped Sake Cup & Bottle Set

Original Items. Only One Set Available. This is a fantastic set of sake cups still wrapped in their original packaging and string, and a very nice unwrapped sake bowl and bottle. The bottle appears to depict a Japanese machine gun. The wrapped set appears to contain roughly 20 sake bowls, with a couple having some wrapping worn away, but overall its a great set of unopened bowls. The artwork and kanji on the unwrapped pieces are still mostly legible and would be perfect as a translation and identification project. This is a fantastic unissued sake set, ready for further research and display! Formerly, sake was sold by volume in a wooden box measuring cup, known as a masu which has a volume of one gō (180 ml, 6.3 imp fl oz, 6.1 US fl oz) and was also used to drink. In the past, the wooden box was said to complement the traditionally brewed sake, as it is brewed in a wooden cask, but in modern times, the masu is shunned by sake purists because the wood affects the flavor of the sake. Fur