香こう合ごう

noun

incense container

A small lidded container used to hold incense, often used in tea ceremony or incense ceremony (香道).

• 茶ちゃ会かいでは、香こう合ごうから香こう木ぼくを取とり出だして香こう炉ろにくべる。

  At a tea gathering, one takes incense wood from the incense container and places it in the incense burner.