MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

This stand is for use in the incense game to hold the set of hidogu [fire utensils]. For a complete set of gisshu kodogu [set of utensils for the incense ceremony] and an essay on the game see Christie's London, Netsuke and Lacquer from the Japanese Department of Eskenazi Limited, 17th November 1999, Lot 15.