Soba-choku
Soba-choku or sobachoko is a small cup which can be used to serve dipping soup to eat
with soba noodle. Soba is a type of noodle made of buckwheat flour.
Sometsuke rinpo soba-choku
1770 - 1810
Sometsuke Higaki-mon Soba-choku
1740 - 1770
2 7/8" dia. & 2 1/4" deep
Soba-choku or sobachoko is a small cup which can be used to serve dipping soup to eat
with soba noodle. Soba is a type of noodle made of buckwheat flour.
Sometsuke rinpo soba-choku
1770 - 1810
Sometsuke Higaki-mon Soba-choku
1740 - 1770
2 7/8" dia. & 2 1/4" deep
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| It is hand painted in under glazed blue decorated with rinpo pattern aound the rim. The center motif of the cup is known as gobenka. The bottom of the cup has a center glazed circle area surrounded by unglazed ring pattern known as "janome kodai" which can be translated to a foot rim shaped like means snake's eye in Japanese . |
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| Choku can be also pronounced as "choko" in Japanese. It is a kind of mukozuke which is a small deep bowl to be used to serve a side dish along with a bowl of rice in Japanese |
| It is hand painted in under glaze blue, with higaki-mon, which can be translated to a motif of a woven wooden fence using thin Japanese cypress slats, with a flat base glazed within a foot rim. |