Incense Sticks - Mikumano - Low Smoke

A single bundle of Mikumano (みくまの), a low-smoke incense from Kyukyodo of Kyoto, in its printed paper tube.

Kyukyodo scents it with a Japanese-style perfume for a sweet, clean fragrance, so that the gentle scent can be enjoyed slowly in a room. It is an incense with little smoke.

To use, light the tip, wave out the flame and stand the stick upright in an incense holder or a bowl of ash or sand. Never leave burning incense unattended.

Specifications:

• Maker: Kyukyodo (鳩居堂), Kyoto
• Scent: sweet and clean, from a Japanese-style perfume
• Smoke: low
• Format: one bundle in a paper tube
• Stick length: about 12 cm
• Origin: Made in Japan

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Kyukyodo (鳩居堂) was founded in 1663, when Kumagai Jikishin (熊谷直心), twentieth in line from the warrior Kumagai Naozane, opened a dealership in medicinal ingredients in front of Honnō-ji temple on Teramachi in Kyoto. Because the raw materials of medicine and incense overlap, the house began making incense around 1700. In 1880 it opened a Tokyo branch at Ginza Owari-chō, now Ginza 5-chōme, to serve the Imperial Household. Both addresses, Teramachi Aneyakōji in Kyoto and Ginza 5-chōme in Tokyo, are printed on its incense tubes.