Height 4.0cm, mouth diameter 3.1cm x 12.2cm, bottom diameter 2.2cm x 12.9cm
Nezu Museum
The buriburi was an octagonal toy used at court to strike balls, originally called a buriburi ball stick. It was sometimes displayed at the beginning of the year to ward off evil spirits, and Insei made a hexahedron-shaped incense container from it.
The body and lid are decorated with a tortoiseshell design, two cranes, a turtle, pine trees, and bamboo, and the hem is decorated with Genji clouds and other tranquil designs. The back of the lid and the center of the bottom show clay, with a shallow depression in the bottom, and the outer surface is unevenly covered with a cloudy white glaze.
The bottom has a shallow indentation, and the outer surface is unevenly glazed with a cloudy white glaze. The seal of Inqing is stamped in the center of the bottom, although the character for “qing” is indistinct.
