{"id":4493,"date":"2019-10-01T16:54:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T07:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/?page_id=4493"},"modified":"2019-10-01T18:02:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T09:02:30","slug":"the-history-of-kiseru","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.samuraimuseum.jp\/shop\/the-history-of-kiseru\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of KISERU"},"content":{"rendered":"

One Hitter, Only For High Quality Smoking<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\"\"It’s said that “Tabacco” was introduced into Japan at the end of the 16th century when Europe enjoyed the age of discovery bringing a lot of new technology to Japan. During that time, Japan was known as one of the biggest silver mining countries and exported a lot of silver and imported tobacco and other items from foreign countries. Soon after, Japan developed dramatically in terms of culture, industry, and ideology by interacting with foreign cultures.<\/p>\n

While it is common to use cigar or pipe as a tool to smoke tobacco leaves abroad, Japan invented a special tool for smoking called \u7159\u7ba1(KISERU). KISERU is the smallest smoking tool that has a pipe bowl and was a popular item to reflect its owner’s uniqueness during the Edo Period.<\/p>\n

KISERU consists of three parts; One is called \u96c1\u9996KARIKUBI(the bowl of a pipe), another is called \u7f85\u5b87Lau(pipe), the other is \u5438\u3044\u53e3 SUIKUCHI(mouthpiece). There are two kinds of KISERU. One is made from metal and wood\/bamboo and the other one is only made from metal. The part made from metal became more decorative where you can see complicated metalwork as time went by.\u00a0 It was believed that the quality of KISERU represents the owner\u2019s taste so the grip of KISERU tends to be short so that he or she can show off the beautiful handle.
\n* It is said that the Spanish word \u201cque sorber\u201d was the original word of \u201cKISERU\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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KISERU<\/h2>\n