Ranjatai no shōtai, supervised by the Shōsōin Office of the Imperial Household Agency, has been published by Kaiseisha. Kaolia Academy lecturer Takashi Suzuki wrote Chapter 8, “Listening: reviving the scent of a bygone age”.
Ranjatai no shōtai [The True Nature of Ranjatai], supervised by the Shōsōin Office of the Imperial Household Agency, has been published by Kaiseisha. Kaolia Academy lecturer Takashi Suzuki wrote Chapter 8, “Kiku: yomigaeru ‘ano jidai no kaori’” (“Listening: reviving the scent of a bygone age”). Drawing on the literature of kōdō, the chapter examines the scent of Ranjatai and also describes the process of recreating it.
Ranjatai no shōtai: Kagaku ga kataru kodai no kōboku (with scent card), Kaiseisha, ISBN 978-4-86099-447-1, JPY 4,400 (tax incl.). Published in Japanese.
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