Editing Censer (section)

==Japan==
[[File:Brule-parfum au dragon.jpg|thumb|Bronze censer (kōro) with dragon made by [[Kimura Toun]] (c. 1800-1870). [[Musée Cernuschi]]]]
'''Koro''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: 香炉, ''kōro''), also a Chinese term, is a Japanese censer often used in [[Japanese tea ceremony|Japanese tea ceremonies]].

Examples are usually of globular form with three feet, made in [[pottery]], [[Imari porcelain]], [[Kutani ware]], [[Kakiemon]], [[Satsuma ware|Satsuma]], [[vitreous enamel|enamel]] or [[bronze]].
In Japan a similar censer called a {{Nihongo|''egōro''|柄香炉}} is used by several Buddhist sects. The egōro is usually made of brass with a long handle and no chain. Instead of charcoal, makkō powder is poured into a depression made in a bed of ash. The makkō is lit and the incense mixture is burned on top. This method is known as Sonae-kō (Religious Burning).<ref name=JI>{{cite web|url=http://www.japanese-incense.com/sonaeko.htm|title=Buddhist Incense – Sonae ko|author=Japanese-Incense|access-date=2014-07-13|archive-date=2012-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120903072907/http://www.japanese-incense.com/sonaeko.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{see also|Kōdō}}