In the distant future I am hoping to leave a gift for my first aiki-sensei and for the dojo. I am making the gift for sensei, but I'd like to acquire the gift for the dojo. I am having trouble finding the right name and appropriate information about it.
Traditionally, the uchideshi leave a dojo gift when they end their stay, but often the gift is left on a random plate or funky basket. I was hoping to find the traditional ... uh..stand or tray seen at many shinto shrines, but to be frank I am a gaijin and am ignorant about what is appropriate. In doing an internet search I have found two words which somewhat fit what I am looking for. They are 'sanbo' and 'tooyama' but to be frank, the sites were in japanese text and I couldn't extract much more than these two words. Can anyone assist with a little wisdom? I would be very much in your debt.
Thanks
