Maybe this is not the proper place to post this as it isn't shave related - in which case I apologize and kindly ask one of the moderators to move the thread (to show and tell or finer things of life perhaps?) - but this seems the best place to encounter members who read Japanese.
Just got this elegant little kutani ware sake cup. I liked it instantly. On the inside is a phoenix (hō-ō 鳳凰) and on the outside a poem, I think, but my Japanese isn't that good. Could one of you perhaps tell me what it says?
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