incense container
A small lidded container used to hold incense, often used in tea ceremony or incense ceremony (香道).
茶会では、香合から香木を取り出して香炉にくべる。
At a tea gathering, one takes incense wood from the incense container and places it in the incense burner.
Standard kanji spelling for an incense container, especially in the context of tea ceremony or incense ceremony.
Variant kanji form using 盒 (container); less common than 香合.
A Sino-Japanese compound of 香, “incense,” and 合, a small lidded container, denoting the vessel used to hold incense in the tea ceremony.