Morning Star pairs named fragrances with a consistent format: 50 coreless sticks and a small ceramic holder.
Nippon Kodo’s history page traces a craft lineage to Jyuemon Takai, known as Koju, and discusses formulas associated with Koju and Yujiro Kito. A historical lineage is not the same thing as a modern company’s incorporation date.
The maker says Morning Star was created in Japan in the 1960s. That establishes where the line began. The retrieved listings do not identify the current manufacturing country or factory for the individual boxes here.
Each of our four Morning Star entries refers to the 50-stick package. The listings specify no bamboo core, approximately 25 minutes of burn time and an included ceramic tile burner. The package dimensions are not a verified stick length.
The same pages claim very little smoke. We label that as a maker claim, not an independent measurement or a smoke-free guarantee. The listed key notes identify fragrance directions; they do not disclose full ingredient formulas.