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Kiseru
A kiseru (煙管; [ki̥seɾɯ]) is a Japanese smoking pipe, traditionally used for smoking kizami, a finely shredded tobacco product resembling hair.
The word kiseru is said to have originated from the Khmer word khsier around the 16th century, while it is also said that the word originated from the Portuguese que sorver ("which is drawn").
It is believed that pipe smoking was introduced to Japanese high society, such as the samurai, the Buddhist priest classes and rich merchants.
Tobacco has been known in Japan since the 1570s at the earliest. By the early 17th century, kiseru had become popular enough to even be mentioned in some Buddhist textbooks for children.[citation needed] The kiseru evolved along with the equipment and use of incense associated with the Japanese incense ceremony, kōdō:
During the Edo period, many samurai and chōnin smoked tobacco, and often carried a kiseru in a special case called a kiseruzutsu. Kiseru were considered status symbols for their owners, due to being made from precious metals and having intricate designs adorned on them. There was also a high cost on importing tobacco, which was considered an extravagance of the rich.
The kiseru would be the main way to smoke tobacco until after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when cigarettes were introduced and rapidly became popular. However, kiseru would remain popular in rural areas and among people wishing to preserve its culture.[dead link] By 1929, there were 190 workshops and 400 artisans producing kiseru in Japan. Nowadays, there are only a few artisans left still making kiseru. However, there remains some interest in kiseru and its aesthetics among the youth.[dead link]
The word kiseru today is more commonly used to refer to the practice of defrauding the railway system by buying two cheap tickets to get past the entrance and exit gates while not paying for the distance between them. This is likened to a kiseru as there is only metal at the ends, and nothing in the middle, a metaphor indicating that money (metal) only covers the beginning and end.
There are two main types of kiseru: rau kiseru, which are made of three parts; the mouthpiece (吸口, suikuchi), stem (羅宇, rau), and shank (雁首, gankubi), and nobe kiseru, which are made with a single piece of metal.
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Kiseru
A kiseru (煙管; [ki̥seɾɯ]) is a Japanese smoking pipe, traditionally used for smoking kizami, a finely shredded tobacco product resembling hair.
The word kiseru is said to have originated from the Khmer word khsier around the 16th century, while it is also said that the word originated from the Portuguese que sorver ("which is drawn").
It is believed that pipe smoking was introduced to Japanese high society, such as the samurai, the Buddhist priest classes and rich merchants.
Tobacco has been known in Japan since the 1570s at the earliest. By the early 17th century, kiseru had become popular enough to even be mentioned in some Buddhist textbooks for children.[citation needed] The kiseru evolved along with the equipment and use of incense associated with the Japanese incense ceremony, kōdō:
During the Edo period, many samurai and chōnin smoked tobacco, and often carried a kiseru in a special case called a kiseruzutsu. Kiseru were considered status symbols for their owners, due to being made from precious metals and having intricate designs adorned on them. There was also a high cost on importing tobacco, which was considered an extravagance of the rich.
The kiseru would be the main way to smoke tobacco until after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when cigarettes were introduced and rapidly became popular. However, kiseru would remain popular in rural areas and among people wishing to preserve its culture.[dead link] By 1929, there were 190 workshops and 400 artisans producing kiseru in Japan. Nowadays, there are only a few artisans left still making kiseru. However, there remains some interest in kiseru and its aesthetics among the youth.[dead link]
The word kiseru today is more commonly used to refer to the practice of defrauding the railway system by buying two cheap tickets to get past the entrance and exit gates while not paying for the distance between them. This is likened to a kiseru as there is only metal at the ends, and nothing in the middle, a metaphor indicating that money (metal) only covers the beginning and end.
There are two main types of kiseru: rau kiseru, which are made of three parts; the mouthpiece (吸口, suikuchi), stem (羅宇, rau), and shank (雁首, gankubi), and nobe kiseru, which are made with a single piece of metal.