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| + | ====お香==== | ||
| + | * The Japanese use 聞香 or 聞く, //to listen// for incense. Morita explains: the Mahayana sutra says that in Buddha' | ||
| + | * There are 2 main schools: しの, which is more warrior-like and focused on rules; and おいえ, which is more focused on the games. | ||
| + | * To describe the aroma, the Japanese use 5 //tastes//: | ||
| + | * Pungent, grassy, like burning cayenne | ||
| + | * Sweet, like honey | ||
| + | * Tart or sour, like the Japanese plum | ||
| + | * Salty, like the taste of sweat or drying sea weed | ||
| + | * Bitter, like herb medicine | ||
| + | * Furthermore, | ||
| + | * 伽羅, elegant, touch of bitterness. Aristocratic. | ||
| + | * 羅国, sharp, pungent, similar to sandalwood. Bitter, warrior-like, | ||
| + | * 真那賀, light, none of the 5 tastes prevail. Shallow, nihilistic, like a young, mysterious woman. | ||
| + | * 真那蛮, sweet, unsettling, makes one feel alone. | ||
| + | * 寸門多羅, | ||
| + | * 佐曽羅, cool and sour. Monk-like. Summer scene. | ||
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| ====香 in CNY==== | ====香 in CNY==== | ||
| * We normally use 白檀 or 沈香, but not 伽羅 | * We normally use 白檀 or 沈香, but not 伽羅 | ||
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| * Since the 練香 is very resinous, we don't use it in 風炉 (as it might hurt it) | * Since the 練香 is very resinous, we don't use it in 風炉 (as it might hurt it) | ||
| * While 利休 said to use ceramics in winter and lacquered 香合 in summer, if you are using a non-ceramic 香合 with 練香, add a camelia leaf. This leaf is then dropped into the 炭斗 before 拝見! | * While 利休 said to use ceramics in winter and lacquered 香合 in summer, if you are using a non-ceramic 香合 with 練香, add a camelia leaf. This leaf is then dropped into the 炭斗 before 拝見! | ||
| - | * Ulrich said in 21 how he mixed ground remains of incense sticks collected from the temple with musk, camphor (for freshness), ground coal and honey | + | * A good general recipe is 4 parts smelly things, 1 part charcoal, 5 parts honey (by weight). That works quite well. |
| - | * Shoyedo sais the must be aged for 3 to 5 years in ceramic jars. | + | * Ulrich said in 21 how he mixed ground remains of incense sticks collected from the temple with musk, camphor (for freshness), ground coal and honey. |
| - | | + | * Shoyedo sais the must be aged for 3 to 5 years in ceramic jars buried in wet soil. |
| - | * 1 ts agarwood (じんこう) | + | |
| - | * 1 ts patchouli leaves (かっこう) | + | |
| - | * 1 ts nard (is it frankincense? | + | |
| - | * 1 ts clove | + | |
| - | * 0.25 ts star anise | + | |
| - | * 0.25 cinnamon bark | + | |
| - | * 0.5 benzoin | + | |
| - | * 0.25 borneol (竜脳) | + | |
| - | * 0.5 charcoal powder | + | |
| - | * 1 ts honey | + | |
| - | * [[https:// | + | |
| - | * You could also use labdanum for binding; or .5 to .75 dried fruit to 1 part of lose incense. Soak fruit overnight | + | |
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| - | * I actually got a set from [[https:// | + | |
| - | * On 14 XI 21 I tried blending about in Tbsp each: 1 Lilienwurzel, | ||
| ====Sources==== | ====Sources==== | ||
| * kyarazen has lots of articles! | * kyarazen has lots of articles! | ||
| + | * Morita' | ||