Incense burner with design of cakama in overglaze enamels.
Height 12.3cm, Bore 15.7-16.5cm, Base 9.9cm
Important Cultural Property
Manno Museum of Art
　This is one of the most important pieces of artwork by Ninsei, and is inscribed on the bottom of the display, “By Harima Nyudo Ninsei, Meireki 3 Uzuki. Although it is not known when Ninsei’s color painting began, this incense burner suggests that it was already completed in the third year of Meireki era (Meireki 3). The wide-mouthed sake jar with the lid removed is covered with a smooth white glaze from around the mouth to the hem of the outer body, and the six sides of the body are decorated with alternating patterns of rinpou and kakama. An incense burner of exactly the same shape and design is in the collection of the Fujita Museum of Art. On the back of the lid of the box in which it is housed, there is an inscription that reads, “Incense burner dedicated to Ninsei, a young danna of this temple, who prayed for the improvement of the main priest’s industry, and after fulfilling his prayer, dedicated it to this temple and to the head temple, Omurogu Shrine, Makio Sanjo. The temple has a history, and all the repairs have been completed according to the old merits. Therefore, this incense burner was probably one of two donated to Omuro Ninna-ji Temple and Makiuzan.
