incense-burning

Updated: May 4, 2025

One of those who chant keeps time by tapping with a mallet, cotton- wrapped, some grotesque object shaped like a dolphin's head, all lacquered in scarlet and gold, which gives forth a dull, booming tone a mokugyo. To the right of the temple is a little shrine, filling the air with fragrance of incense-burning.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : First Series