焚たき染しめる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

perfume clothes by burning incense

Traditional practice of scenting garments by exposing them to incense smoke. Often associated with classical Japanese culture and courtly customs.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの貴き族ぞくは、衣ころもに香かおりを移うつすために着き物ものを焚たき染しめた。

  Heian-period nobles perfumed their garments by burning incense to transfer the fragrance.

• 祖そ母ぼは大たい切せつな着き物ものを、お香こうで焚たき染しめるのが好すきだった。

  My grandmother liked to perfume her precious kimono with incense smoke.