Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .

Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .

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Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder  With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .

 

Japan Edo period 1860s

 

Size: pipe Holder 23 cm x 3 cm

Size: pipe 19.5 cm

Size: netsuke 5 cm x 3 cm

 

 

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.

 

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.

Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .
Open image in slideshow, Beautiful, Antique , hand painted Japanese Cherry Wood pipe holder With wood Netsuke and Metal kiseru/Pipe with bamboo shift .