[johnwolf]

Thanks, Laurel. My son and I just spent eight days in Kyoto. We loved it. Especially the bamboo forests of Arashiyama.

The bucket is in a shop that sells incense and other goods, including these buckets, presumably to be used to maintain a loved one's grave site. So I'm not so sure about the antique shop translation. But the rest give a clue. Thanks.

I should have asked the shop owner. Thank again.

John