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It was suggested by the late local historian, Mr. Masao Ichikawa, also a former notary in Amakusa, Nagasaki, that the comprador bottle took 2 different shapes. The comprador bottles are shaped like sake bottles and the letters, "JAPANSCHZOYA" or "JAPANSCHSOYA", are written on the shoulder. The early comprador bottles have handwritten letters on them and are grey/white porcelain. Two of the three bottles exhibited are the early comprador bottles. One of them in yellowish earth-color is considered to have been used even earlier than the white porcelain bottle. Late comprador bottles have "JAPANSCHZOYA" and "CPD" stamped. "CPD" is the monogram that came from "comprador". On the opposite side of the bottle, a circular or oval stamp in Western characters or in Chinese characters, referring to the Nagasaki Comprador Trading Company or the Nagasaki Comprador Store, is seen. According to Mr.Yamawaki, the term, "rading company"came to be used in the Meiji Era. This means that the late comprador bottle with the Chinese character stamp was used in the Meiji Era. The capacity of comprador bottles differs from bottle to bottle. The capacity of one bottle exhibited in the Noda City Local Museum is 575 millilitres while that of another bottle is 460 millilitres (Comprador soy sauce and soy sauce produced in Tokatsu region, by Norio Tanaka). Based on the amount of soy sauce and the number of the bottles exported, Mr.Yamawaki assumes that a bottle contained approximately 522 millilitres. As mentioned in Panel 8, "JAPANSCHZAKY" is seen on the shoulder of the bottles of the same shape used for sake export. |
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