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Message:: [QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 232710, member: 54"]Japan and England were official allies very early in 20th C.  These cups would have been sold to British Royal Navy people, diplomats, etc. or anyone who wanted a keepsake expressing the love affair between the two countries.  That's what I'm reading into the cup anyway.  Here's related info. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WIMzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA464&lpg=PA464&dq=saki+union+jack+rising+sun&source=bl&ots=oZupbiXoOQ&sig=EDvIfBLKIms70DlE9wDeHUj6Uvg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyt_DF-LHTAhUi7IMKHZ54B4cQ6AEIFTAE#v=onepage&q=saki%20union%20jack%20rising%20sun&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WIMzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA464&lpg=PA464&dq=saki+union+jack+rising+sun&source=bl&ots=oZupbiXoOQ&sig=EDvIfBLKIms70DlE9wDeHUj6Uvg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyt_DF-LHTAhUi7IMKHZ54B4cQ6AEIFTAE#v=onepage&q=saki%20union%20jack%20rising%20sun&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.com/books?id=WIMzAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA464&lpg=PA464&dq=saki+union+jack+rising+sun&source=bl&ots=oZupbiXoOQ&sig=EDvIfBLKIms70DlE9wDeHUj6Uvg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjyt_DF-LHTAhUi7IMKHZ54B4cQ6AEIFTAE#v=onepage&q=saki union jack rising sun&f=false</a>[/QUOTE]