Siberia Expedition Sake Cups and Urushi/西伯利亜出征盃

Typical inscriptions on cups belonging to this group will be


西伯利亜 - Siberia

出征記念 - Dispatch Commemorative






西伯利亜 - Siberia

出征 - Dispatch

解隊記念 - Unit Disbanding Commemorative





西伯利亜出征 - Siberia Dispatch/Departure (for the front)

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative


Flower motifs.




西伯利亞 - Siberia

出征紀念 - Dispatch Commemorative




高岡 - Takaoka

Original case.








西伯利亜出征 - Siberia Dispatch

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative

+ name

安江 - Yasue

 

エ九 - 9th Engineer [battalion]

西伯利 - Siberia



除隊記念 - Discharge Commemorative





Red cross cup.





西伯利亜出征 - Siberia Dispatch

凱旋記念 -Triumphal Return Commemorative

+ name

井子 (?) - Iko

 

Urushi.




凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative

西伯利亜出征 - Siberia Dispatch Commemorative

With poem.


西伯利亞 - Siberia

出征紀念 - Dispatch Commemorative



野砲兵九第聯隊 - 9th Field Artillery Regiment



第二大隊 - 2nd Battalion

 

Metal cups.



Above

西伯利亞出征 - Siberia Dispatch

below

紀念 - Commemorative

With poem.

西伯利亞 - Siberia

凱旋記念-Triumphal Return Commemorative

Five piece set.



The central piece.



除隊紀念 - discharge commemorating

+ in the center

Five virtues of the soldier: Politeness, Righteousness, Loyalty, Trustworthiness, and Frugality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Rescript_to_Soldiers_and_Sailors

軍人は忠節を盡すを本分とすべし。
軍人は禮儀を正しくすべし。
軍人は武勇を尚ぶべし。
軍人は信義を重んずべし。
軍人は質素を旨とすべし。

On others four.




西伯利亞 - Siberia



Below

出征紀念 - Dispatch Commemorative

On the right

軍司令官立花大将 - Army Commander General Tachibana

Tachibana Koichirō - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

シベリヤ - Siberia [Shiberiya] https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/シベリア



Below

出征紀念 - Dispatch Commemorative

山田 - Yamada

 

Tokkuri.

西伯利亞 - Siberia

below

出征紀念 - Dispatch Commemorative

Same inscription as on previous one.

Crane (symbol of good fortune and long life).

西伯利亞出征 - Siberia Dispatch

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative

Name

太田 - Ota

+

歩九′七 - 9th Regiment, 7th Company

Manufacturer mark

Same form of tokkuri - different design.

西北利亜 - Siberia

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative

歩七一 - 71st Infantry Regiment

+ name

原平 - Harahira



西北利亜出征 - Siberia Dispatch

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative



At the bottom

横田 - Yokota

 

西伯利亞出征紀念 - Siberia Dispatch Commemorative

歩五〇 - 50th Infantry Regiment

 

解隊記念 - Military Unit Disbanding

西伯利亞出征 - Siberia Dispatch

歩九ノ十 - 9th Infantry Regiment 10th Company

堀江 - Horie

 

西伯利亞 - Siberia

支那 - China

歩兵六十八聯隊 - 68th Infantry Regiment

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative

 

Metal cup.

祓郷村 - Haraigō Village

贈 - Gift

西比利亜出征記念 - Siberia Expedition Dispatch Commemorative

Maker's mark.

 

西比利亜 - Siberia

出征記念 - Dispatch Commemorative

凱旋記念 - Triumphant Return Commemorative

 

Urushi with Rising Sun order.

凱旋記念 - Triumphal Return Commemorative

Commissioned by 太田 - Ōta

 

Urushi with army star inside сherry иlossom.

西比利亜出征記念- Siberia Dispatch Commemorative

 

Obverse

記念 - Commemorative

渡辺 - Watanabe

reverse

歩五〇シベリア出兵 - 50th Infantry Regiment Siberian Expedition

 

Urushi from Oi-gun Alliance of the Local Veterans branch of Fukui Prefecture Shōbu-kai /"Warlike Spirit” Martial Arts/ Association.

西伯利亞出征紀念 - Siberia Dispatch Commemorative