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Kōbako

Incense storage box used in kōdō

Kōbako
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Incense storage box used in kōdō

Incense container, wood covered in black lacquer with gold ''nashiji'' and ''takamaki-e'' lacquer, gilded copper fittings, a design of plum blossoms by a stream with frogs and a warbler (''uguisu''), probably about 1550-1600
Incense box in the form of a raft with flowers, mid-19th century
Set of boxes for storing incense wood, late 19th-early 20th century

A kōbako is an incense storage box used in kōdō (香道, "Way of Incense"), the traditional Japanese art which involves using and appreciating incense within a structure of codified conduct. It can be used to store the items needed for the incense-comparing games.{{Cite book

The kōbako is somewhat similar to a kōgō, an incense box used in the Japanese tea ceremony. However, "the kōbako was usually a little larger than the kōgō, and sometimes had a small tray or small boxes to go with it."{{Cite journal

Often decorated with lacquer and showing a high degree of craftmanship, kōbako are studied and collected by those who appreciate Japanese arts and crafts.{{Cite book | access-date = June 15, 2011}}

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