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Incense burner (kōro) with peonies, Hirado ware, circa 1800 from Edo. According to legend, agarwood (aloeswood) first came to Japan when a log of incense wood drifted ashore on Awaji island in the third year of Empress Suiko's reign (595 CE). People who found the incense wood noticed that the wood smelled pleasant when they put it near a fire.
Nippon Kodo (日本香堂) is a Japanese incense company that traces their origins back over 400 years to an incense maker known as Koju, who made incense for the Emperor of Japan. The Nippon Kodo Group was established in August 1965, has acquired several other incense companies worldwide, and has offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Paris ...
Kōdō (香道), ceremonial appreciation of incense; Nippon Kodo (日本香堂), an incense company; Kodō (taiko group) (鼓童), a taiko drumming group; Kodo-kai (弘道会), a yakuza criminal organization; The imperial way (皇道), a propaganda concept related to hakkō ichiu
Texas Rangers fans cheer as the members of the team pass by during the Texas Rangers World Series Parade in Arlington, Texas, Friday, Nov. 03, 2023. (Special to the Star-Telegram Bob Booth)
Fragrant scent played an important role at court during the Heian period (image from The Tale of Genji by Tosa Mitsuoki, 1617–91.). Nihon Shoki, a book of classical Japanese history, gives the first formal record of incense in Japan when a log of agarwood, a fragrant wood used in incense burning, drifted ashore on Awaji Island during the Asuka period in 595 CE, and was presented to Prince ...
By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...
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Shoyeido has several stores in Japan across five cities, including four in Kyōto, three in Tōkyō, one in Sapporo, and one in Boulder, Colorado, USA. [5] Shoyeido also manages the store LISN in Kyōto since 2004, which is specifically designed for the customers unfamiliar with the world of incense.