Three-piece set of armor - Mitsugusoku

Japanese: 三具足 - みつぐそく

A general term for a set of a flower vase (kebyo), incense burner, and candlestick, which are offered in front of the Buddha or in front of a hanging scroll of a Buddhist painting. During the Kamakura period, emerging Buddhist teachings began to use it as offerings in front of the Buddha, and in the Muromachi period it was also used in the tea ceremony. When the system of shoin decoration was established, the vase was placed on the left, the incense burner in the center, and the candlestick on the right. In temples, it is common to place a table in front of the shumidan (altar) and place the incense burner on top of it in the center. A set of one pair of flower vases, one pair of candlesticks, and one incense burner is called gogusoku.

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Japanese:

仏前や仏画の掛物の前に供える，華瓶 (けびょう) ，香炉，燭台をひとそろいとした総称。鎌倉時代に新興仏教が仏前供養として用いはじめ，室町時代には茶の湯でも用いられ，書院飾りの制ができて，左に花瓶，中央に香炉，右に燭台を置くようになった。寺院では須弥壇 (しゅみだん) 前に机を置き，その上に香炉を中央にして置くのが普通である。華瓶1対，燭台1対，香炉1の場合は五具足という。

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