Kiseru pipes Kiseru pipes (Edo period) As
tobacco-shredding techniques became more refined,
pipe-bowls gyew smaller, and pipe-stems were shortened,
resulting in a more readily portable pipe form.
Metal fittings were often decorated with engraving,
while the embellishment of pipe-stems with lacquer-painting
further enhanced the value of kiseru pipes as personal
accessories.
While standard kiseru had bamboo stems garnished
with metal bowls and mouth-pieces, some more extra-vagant
kiseru were made entirely of metal.
Other materials in use included wood, porcelain,
glass, and stone.
Kiseru pipes
 Tobacco
pouches
Tobacco pouches began as simple portable contains
for small amounts of tobacco, but their usefulness
and efficiency were increased when ways were devised
to combine them with pipe-cases and other practical
or ornamental components.
During the Edo period,two general categories could
be differentiated according to the ways in which
they were worn.
"Hanging" tobacco-pouches were slung from the narrow
sashes worn by men of the plebeian classes at the
time, while "pocket" cases, carried in the upper
folds of the kimono, were more practical for women
and for male members of the upper social strata.
tobacco pouch
Tobacco
trays Tobacco trays
Tobacco trays served as containers for the
standard requisites of tobacco smoking : pipes,
tobacco containers, ash receptacles, and the miniature
charcoal braziers that were convenient for lighting
pipes in eras prior to the advent of matches.
Tobacco tray
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