Incense burning is often performed without using any instruments or accessories like senko (incense stick), etc. and is lit directly, and in many cases, it is performed through the processes of putting burned Tadon (charcoal briquettes) in the Monko-ro (or Kikiko-ro; incense burner used in Monko), shaping the ash, putting a mica board called Ginyo on top of the ash, and burning Koboku cutting it into thin cubes measuring a few millimeters, and exuding incense.
香道においては、線香等のように直接点火するものはあまり用いられず、多くは聞香炉に灰と熾した炭団を入れ、灰を形作り、その上に銀葉という雲母の板をのせ、数ミリ角に薄く切った香木を熱し、香りを発散させる方式がとられる。