Matsukabishi kougo (Matsukabishi incense container)

Matsukabishi kougo
Matsukabishi kougo
Matsukabishi kougo

A type of gosu incense container. It is likely that this type of incense container was ordered from China to be fired according to Japanese taste. The shape of the pine bark lozenge is Japanese. The indigo gouzu design depicts a fishing logger, and the design is based on a Chinese story. The design is probably from the Akakabe inscription or the Taigongwang. It is thought to be from the Enshu period.

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