Oieryu Kojikumi

...In the 16th century Kodo Kihan by Hachiya Sogo, we see Renri-ko and Kagetsu-ko, but the appearance of a wide variety of kumi-ko was limited to the Edo period. In the Kono-ki Jo, said to be written by Hosokawa Yusai, the ten old groups of Goie-ryu incense are described: Ju-ko, Kagetsu-ko, Ujiyama-ko, Kotori-ko, Hototogisu-ko, Ogusa-ko, Keizu-ko, Takiawase (a combination of ten kinds of incense), Genpei-ko, and Toriawase (a combination of birds), and it is believed that they were established around the Keicho period (1596-1615). At the time, kumi-ko was mainly practiced within the monastery, but Yonekawa Tsunehaku came along and completely changed the art of incense, and kumi-ko spread to the underground. ...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to "Oieryu Kojugumi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…16世紀蜂谷宗悟の《香道軌範》には連理香，花月香がみられるが，多彩な組香の出現は江戸時代に入ってからである。細川幽斎作と伝えられる《香之記序》には十炷香，花月香，宇治山香，小鳥香，郭公（ほととぎす）香，小草（おぐさ）香，系図香，十種香焼合（たきあわせ），源平香，鳥合（とりあわせ）香の御家流古十組が記載されており，慶長(1596‐1615)ころには成立していたとみられる。当時，組香はもっぱら禁裡を中心に行われたが，米川常伯が出て香道を一変し，地下（じげ）のあいだにも組香が広まった。…

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