Incense Container in the Shape of a Raccoon Dog / Kôyama Kiyoko
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.217
- Title
- Incense Container in the Shape of a Raccoon Dog
- Artist
- Kôyama Kiyoko
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Artist Life Dates
- born 1936
- Medium and Support
- stoneware with natural ash glaze
- Object Creation Date
- circa 2000
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Shigaraki (city)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Shiga (prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Shigaraki (city)
- Credit Line
- Gift of the artist
- Dimensions
- 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 5 cm (2 9/16 in. x 1 3/4 in. x 1 15/16 in.)
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- incense burner
- Physical Description
- Incense containter in the shape of a raccoon dog (tanuki). The animal is sitting upright, and the opening of the container is horizontal along a split at its belly button. The incense container is colored white, grayish blue, and reddish orange, with the last color mostly on the stomach of the figure.
- Subject Matter
- This is an incense container. The artist, Koyama Kyoko, struggled as a female potter in a trade dominated by male artists. She received recognition when she discovered a way to revive the forgotten techinique of natural ash glazes, which are commonly used in her work. The raccoon dog is called Tanuki in Japanese, and is an animal tha toften appears in folktales and legends.
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- descriptors
- object genres
- object genres by material
- objects we use
- pottery (object genre)
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2592 x 3888
- File Size
- 299 KB
- Record
- 2010/1.217
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.217/2010_1.217.jpg
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"Incense Container in the Shape of a Raccoon Dog; Kôyama Kiyoko." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2010-sl-1.217/2010_1.217.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.
