A toner bottle that is composed of a main body filled with toner and a
bottle-side toner discharges port for discharging toner from the main
body is adapted to discharge the toner in the main body out of the
container whilst the toner bottle is being rotated in the toner bottle's
peripheral direction. The toner bottle has a sealing element that seals
the bottle-side toner discharge port. This sealing element is formed of a
flexible member, and is peeled off the main body of the toner bottle as
the toner bottle is rotated so as to open the bottle-side toner discharge
port.