源げん氏じ香こう

noun

Genjikō; incense-comparing game based on the Tale of Genji

A traditional Japanese game in which participants identify different types of incense by smell; the 52 possible combinations are named after chapters of the Tale of Genji. Often played as a refined cultural pastime.

See also: 組香

• 源げん氏じ香こうは、香こう道どうの遊あそびの一ひとつで、源げん氏じ物もの語がたりの巻かん名めいが使つかわれる。

  Genjikō is one of the games of kōdō (the way of incense), and uses the chapter names of the Tale of Genji.

• 茶ちゃ会かいのあとで、客きゃくたちは源げん氏じ香こうを楽たのしんだ。

  After the tea gathering, the guests enjoyed a game of Genjikō.