Experience the refined art of Japanese incense appreciation right at home with this rare fragrant wood set from Kogado. Created to capture the atmosphere of their Monko-kai incense listening gatherings, this collection focuses entirely on Sumontara, one of the classic Six Countries categories in Japanese scent culture. Rather than a competitive incense game, Monko-kai gatherings are serene study sessions where participants listen to and compare the subtle variations of natural aromatic woods.
This set reproduces the exact selection used in Kogado's gathering on August 18, 2021. It features six distinct Sumontara varieties: Sora no Kayohiji, Sode no Kohori, Haru Yuku Mizu, Ne no Toki (Ojukuko), Tsuyu Shigure, and Koma. You receive two pieces of each variety, giving you 12 pieces in total for your own personal listening sessions. Because these pieces are prepared for single-session listening, they are not strictly trimmed to standard four-millimeter squares.
Presented in traditional folded paper (tatamigami), the overall packaging measures 192mm by 160mm by 23mm. This unused set brings an authentic piece of Japanese fragrance tradition directly to your personal space.
Kōboku incense wood set from the “Monkō Gathering: Comparing Various Sunmon Dara” event. Includes 12 pieces total, two pieces each of six types of Sunmon Dara, one of the varieties counted among the Rikkoku Gomi:
1. Sunmon Dara, Sora no Kayoi-ji 2. Sunmon Dara, Sode no Kōri 3. Sunmon Dara, Haru Yuku Mizu 4. Sunmon Dara, Ne no Fushi (Kijukukō) 5. Sunmon Dara, Tsuyu Shigure 6. Sunmon Dara, Koma
The contents are the same types of incense wood used at the August 18, 2021 “Monkō Gathering: Rikkoku no Kai, Sunmon Dara” event. Intended for individual incense appreciation rather than competitive incense games; pieces are not precisely cut to 4 mm squares.
Package size: 192 × 160 × 23 mm, in a folded-paper wrapper. Wrapper size and color may vary depending on the type and quantity of incense wood.
