檀 — cedar, sandlewood, spindle tree

ツムラの創業者津村重舎は大和国宇陀郡出身で、雲雀山青蓮寺の檀家であり、母の実家の藤村家に、逃亡中の中将姫をかくまった御礼に製法を教えられた薬（中将湯）が、代々伝えられていたという。

Jusha TSUMURA, the founder of Tsumura & Co., was from Uda County, Yamato Province, and a Buddhist parishioner of Shoren-ji Temple at Mt. Hibari; and his mother's family home, the Fujimura family had possessed for generations the prescription of medicine (called Chujo-to) which Chujo Hime had taught them as a token of her gratitude for hiding her in their house while she had been running away.

種類も多く、白檀、丁香などのように樹木の皮、葉、根などの粉末や、乳香、安息香など、芳香のある樹脂や麝香、竜涎香など動物性のものがあり、ふつう香木（明香）と練香（煉香、合香）とに分けられる。

There are many kinds of incense, such as powders made from the barks, leaves, and roots of sandalwood and cloves, those such as frankincense and benzoin that are made from fragrant resins, or those which are made from animals such as musks and ambergris; and normally, incense is divided into koboku (meiko) and neriko (awasego) (pastille).