Japanese incense container, Kenzan

An image of Japanese pottery. Incense container with lid. Kenzan, pottery studio, Japan, Kyoto. Moulded stoneware base and lid of very irregular shape in pale grey clay. Decorated outside with creamy base glaze covered by scene of a castle by a lake with four boats, pine trees and house, in brown and blue. Inside, bands of gold and blue on a cream base, representing clouds. On sides, geometrical pattern in blue. Stoneware, glazed, height, base, 2.10 cm, diameter, rim, 11.00 cm, largest, diameter, base, 12.00 cm, largest, height, lid, 1.60 cm, diameter, lid, 12.10 cm, largest, height, overall, 2.40 cm, circa 1700- circa 1799. Edo Period (1615-1868).

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Japanese pottery. Incense container with lid. Kenzan, pottery studio, Japan, Kyoto. Moulded stoneware base and lid of very irregular shape in pale grey clay. Decorated outside with creamy base glaze covered by scene of a castle by a lake with four boats, pine trees and house, in brown and blue. Inside, bands of gold and blue on a cream base, representing clouds. On sides, geometrical pattern in blue. Stoneware, glazed, height, base, 2.10 cm, diameter, rim, 11.00 cm, largest, diameter, base, 12.00 cm, largest, height, lid, 1.60 cm, diameter, lid, 12.10 cm, largest, height, overall, 2.40 cm, circa 1700- circa 1799. Edo Period (1615-1868).

Image data

Accession Number: C.302 & A-1934
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 768 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 463.62kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2017:08:21 10:08:27

Key words

18th Century box brush painted castles container Edo Period glazed incense incense container Japanese Kenzan lidded moulded painted pottery stoneware

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024)
            "Japanese incense container, Kenzan"
            Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2157597852 Accessed: 2024-11-29 13:49:02

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/image/media-2157597852
            |title=Japanese incense container, Kenzan
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-29 13:49:02|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/images/media-205518

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/C_302_20_26_20A_1934_1_201708_sjc288_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Incense container"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Japanese incense container, Kenzan</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>