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Hirado Kikkakazari Kogo (平戸菊花飾香合)

This is a Mikawachi ware incense container which Nakazato-san has created.
They use the skill of flower decoration which is designated as the Intangible Cultural Property in Sasebo-shi.
Comes with a lid.

Kogo (香合)
A container for putting incense.
It's one of the tea utensils called "o-chadougu".

In the process of tea ceremony, its have a charcoal setting procedure called sumi-temae.
It's necessary for raise the temperature of the water in the tea kettle.
In a tea ceremony, usually sumi-temae may be omitted.
So kogo is often displayed in the alcove.
It tends to be reflected by the taste of tea masters.