Gilt-copper Handled Censer with Bottle Counterweight (Kongō-ji version)
Copper, cast, gilded · Kamakura period · 13th century · Kongō-ji, Osaka
A gilt censer from the height of 'Women's Kōya': a Kamakura prototype that found a Muromachi echo in Suruga three centuries later.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –