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Kōdō

Index Kōdō

is the art of appreciating Japanese incense, and involves using incense within a structure of codified conduct. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 63 relations: Agarwood, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Asuka period, Avocation, Awaji Island, Baieido, Buddhism, Censer, Chamomile, Cinnamon, Clove, Empress Suiko, Exoskeleton, Harvard University Press, Hedychium, Heian period, Herb, Holism, Ikebana, Illicium verum, Incense in Japan, India, Japan Encyclopedia, Japanese art, Japanese lacquerware, Japanese pottery and porcelain, Japanese tea ceremony, Kangxi radical, Kimono, Kyoto Imperial Palace, Lavandula, Liquorice, Little, Brown and Company, Malacca, Malaysia, Mica, Mon (emblem), Muromachi period, Nanboku-chō period, Nardostachys, Nippon Kodo, Patchouli, Productivity (linguistics), Radical 186, Rhubarb, Safflower, Sandalwood, Sasaki Takauji, Shōsōin, ... Expand index (13 more) »

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Agarwood

Agarwood, aloeswood, eaglewood, gharuwood or the Wood of Gods, most commonly referred to as oud or oudh (from translit), is a fragrant, dark and resinous wood used in incense, perfume, and small hand carvings.

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Agency for Cultural Affairs

The is a special body of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Kōdō and Agency for Cultural Affairs are culture of Japan.

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Ashikaga Yoshimasa

"Ashikaga Yoshimasa" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.

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Asuka period

The was a period in the history of Japan lasting from 538 to 710, although its beginning could be said to overlap with the preceding Kofun period.

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Avocation

An avocation is an activity that someone engages in as a hobby outside their main occupation.

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Awaji Island

is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku.

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Baieido

Baieidō: Kai Un Kō, Byakudan Kōbunboku, Shū Kō Koku Baieidō (Japanese language: 梅栄堂) is a Japanese incense company established in 1657, located in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, It is one of the oldest traditional incense makers in Japan.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Censer

A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form.

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Chamomile

Chamomile (American English) or camomile (British English; see spelling differences) is the common name for several plants of the family Asteraceae.

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Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several tree species from the genus Cinnamomum.

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Clove

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum.

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Empress Suiko

(554 – 15 April 628) was the 33rd monarch of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): She introduced Buddhism in Japan and built many Buddhist templed, but she held the balance between Buddhism and Shintoism.

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Exoskeleton

An exoskeleton (from Greek έξω éxō "outer" and σκελετός skeletós "skeleton") is a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal in the form of hardened integument, which both supports the body's shape and protects the internal organs, in contrast to an internal endoskeleton (e.g.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Hedychium

Hedychium is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family Zingiberaceae, native to lightly wooded habitats in Asia.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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Herb

In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances.

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Holism

Holism is the interdisciplinary idea that systems possess properties as wholes apart from the properties of their component parts.

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Ikebana

is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.

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Illicium verum

Illicium verum (star anise or badian, Chinese star anise, star anise seed, star aniseed and star of anise) is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to northeast Vietnam and South China.

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Incense in Japan

The burning of incense in Japan began during the 6th century (the Asuka period) with the introduction of Buddhism, which uses incense during rituals and ceremonies. Kōdō and incense in Japan are culture of Japan.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Japan Encyclopedia

Japan Encyclopedia (Le Japon: Dictionnaire et Civilisation) is an encyclopedia that covers a broad range of topics on Japan.

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Japanese art

Japanese art consists of a wide range of art styles and media that includes ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper, ukiyo-e paintings and woodblock prints, ceramics, origami, bonsai, and more recently manga and anime.

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Japanese lacquerware

is a Japanese craft with a wide range of fine and decorative arts, as lacquer has been used in urushi-e, prints, and on a wide variety of objects from Buddha statues to bento boxes for food.

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Japanese pottery and porcelain

is one of the oldest Japanese crafts and art forms, dating back to the Neolithic period.

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Japanese tea ceremony

The Japanese tea ceremony (known as or) is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of, powdered green tea, the procedure of which is called.

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Kangxi radical

The 214 Kangxi radicals, also known as Zihui radicals, were collated in the 18th-century Kangxi Dictionary to aid categorization of Chinese characters.

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Kimono

The is a traditional Japanese garment and the national dress of Japan.

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Kyoto Imperial Palace

The is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan, located in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.

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Lavandula

Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the mints family, Lamiaceae.

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Liquorice

Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted. The liquorice plant is an herbaceous perennial legume native to West Asia, North Africa, and Southern Europe.

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Little, Brown and Company

Little, Brown and Company is an American publishing company founded in 1837 by Charles Coffin Little and James Brown in Boston.

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Malacca

Malacca (Melaka), officially the Historic State of Malacca (Melaka Negeri Bersejarah), is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, facing the Strait of Malacca.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Mica

Micas are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates.

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Mon (emblem)

, also called,, and, are Japanese emblems used to decorate and identify an individual, a family, or (more recently) an institution, municipality or business entity.

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Muromachi period

The, also known as the, is a division of Japanese history running from approximately 1336 to 1573.

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Nanboku-chō period

The Nanboku-chō period (南北朝時代, Nanboku-chō jidai, "North and South court period", also known as the Northern and Southern Courts period), spanning from 1336 to 1392, was a period that occurred during the formative years of the Muromachi (Ashikaga) shogunate of Japanese history.

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Nardostachys

Nardostachys is a genus of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae).

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Nippon Kodo

Nippon Kodo 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.

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Patchouli

Patchouli (also spelled patchouly or pachouli) (Pogostemon cablin) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, commonly called the mint or deadnettle family.

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Productivity (linguistics)

In linguistics, productivity is the degree to which speakers of a language use a particular grammatical process, especially in word formation.

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Radical 186

Radical 186, meaning "fragrant", is one of the 11 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 9 strokes.

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Rhubarb

Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks (petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of Rheum in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food.

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Safflower

Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant in the family Asteraceae.

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Sandalwood

Sandalwood is a class of woods from trees in the genus Santalum.

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Sasaki Takauji

, also known by his religious name Sasaki Dōyō, was a Japanese poet, warrior, and bureaucrat of the Muromachi period.

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Shōsōin

The is the treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan.

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Shinsui Itō

Shinsui Itō (Itō Shinsui; 4 February 1898 – 8 May 1972) was the pseudonym of a Nihonga painter and ukiyo-e woodblock print artist in Taishō- and Shōwa-period Japan.

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Shogun

Shogun (shōgun), officially, was the title of the military rulers of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.

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Shoyeido

, established in 1705 by Hata Rokuberi (Moriyoshi Rokuzaemon Hata and Rokubei Moritsune Hata), an employee of Kyoto's Imperial Palace and an incense hobbyist, is one of the oldest incense companies in Japan.

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Silk Road

The Silk Road was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century.

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Sumatra

Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia.

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Tenshō (Momoyama period)

was a after Genki and before Bunroku.

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Terminalia chebula

Terminalia chebula, commonly known as black- or chebulic myrobalan, is a species of Terminalia, native to South Asia from Pakistan, India and Nepal east to southwest China (Yunnan), and south to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Vietnam.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Tale of Genji

, also known as Genji Monogatari is a classic work of Japanese literature written by the noblewoman, poet, and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu around the peak of the Heian period, in the early 11th century.

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Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tokugawa Ieyasu (born Matsudaira Takechiyo; January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616) was the founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, which ruled from 1603 until the Meiji Restoration in 1868.

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Toyotomi Hideyoshi

, otherwise known as and, was a Japanese samurai and daimyō (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods and regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.

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Vietnam

Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

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Water caltrop

The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica.

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See also

Incense

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kōdō

Also known as Monkō.

, Shinsui Itō, Shogun, Shoyeido, Silk Road, Sumatra, Tenshō (Momoyama period), Terminalia chebula, Thailand, The Tale of Genji, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Vietnam, Water caltrop.