Cup/Cup - Sake cup

Japanese: 杯∥盃 - さかずき

A vessel used for drinking sake. Depending on the shape and size, characters such as san (盞), shi (巵), ko (觚), shaku (約), shou (觴), and many others are used. Many of these characters contain the character 'horn', and it is known that in ancient times, cups made of animal horns were used (horn cup, rhyton). In Japanese, 'sakazuki' means 'a bowl (a cup or vessel) for drinking sake,' and 'tsuki' refers to a bowl-shaped earthenware vessel. Since ancient times, unglazed tiles were generally used, and eventually ceramics, gold and silver ware, lacquerware, etc. came to be used.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

酒を飲むのに用いる器。形状，大きさなどによって，盞（さん），巵（し），觚（こ），爵（しやく），觴（しよう），そのほか多くの字が使われる。これらのうちには〈角〉のつく字が多く，古く獣角の杯が用いられたことが知られる(角杯，リュトン)。日本語の〈さかずき〉は〈酒のつき(坏，杯)〉の意で，〈つき〉は鉢形の土器をいった。古くから一般的には素焼きのかわらけが用いられ，やがて陶磁器，金銀器，漆器などが使われるようになった。

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