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Important Cultural Property

Incense Wood (Sendankō)

栴檀香
Incense Wood (Sendankō) (栴檀香)
PLATE IImage: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Art Object · Asuka period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Art Objects
Date
601–800
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-117758

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This piece is branded in Sogdian and has an inscription in a Pahlavi script from Persia’s Sasanian Empire. These elements suggest the wood was harvested in Southeast Asia and taken to Tang China by Sogdian or Persian traders before reaching Japan.

— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Incense Wood (Sendankō)（栴檀香）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-117758. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/incense-wood-sendank/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Material: Sandalwood
  • Genre: Collection of Hōryūji Treasures
  • 員数: 1材
  • 分類: 法隆寺宝物
  • 品質形状: 白檀材
  • 法量: 長66.4 最大径13.0

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