The 52 emblems associated with the inner chapters of The Tale of Genji  were already popular in early Edo Period. Since then, these symbols have been used in many places like kimono patterns, company logos, and ornamental figures in architecture because of their prominent design features, so much so that most Japanese people nowadays are not aware of the fact that these emblems originated from kodo. Still, Genji Koh remains to be one of the most favorite of the kumiko  games

Prior to the start of this kumiko game of Genji Koh (源氏香), the host should have prepared 5 different kinds of incense woods and cut out 5 small pieces from each of them. These pieces have been individually placed inside small paper packets, so the host has 25 packets of incense in front of them. The host then takes 20 packets randomly to put them aside, so only 5 packets are left in front of the host. Each of these 5 packets is to be heated in separate censers which will be p