Incense Box

16370J

From: Japan

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Koo Kiku Koto
Object Number 16370J
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Japanese
Provenience Japan
Date Made 19th Century - 1893
Section Asian
Materials Wood
Description

Box for nine sticks of incense. Used in game such as kumikō (組香) and genjikō (源氏香) or "incense distinguishing" games.

Credit Line Purchased from / at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893

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