{"id":712,"date":"2021-11-05T11:19:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T02:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/?post_type=special_exhibition&p=712"},"modified":"2021-11-07T09:03:29","modified_gmt":"2021-11-07T00:03:29","slug":"%e7%85%99%e7%ae%a1%e7%ad%92%e3%80%80%e8%a3%85%e3%81%84%e3%81%ae%e5%96%ab%e7%85%99%e5%85%b7-2","status":"publish","type":"special_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/en\/special_exhibition\/%e7%85%99%e7%ae%a1%e7%ad%92%e3%80%80%e8%a3%85%e3%81%84%e3%81%ae%e5%96%ab%e7%85%99%e5%85%b7-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pipe Case: Smoking Paraphernalia as Personal Adornment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is believed that tobacco was first brought to Japan at the end of the 16th century, but in no time, it had spread throughout the entire country. In the present day, rolled tobacco in the form of the cigarette is the mainstream, but at that early time, finely shredded tobacco in a pipe called a kiseru<\/em> was the way that tobacco was savored, making a kiseru<\/em> a must for its consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The middle of the 17th century saw the production of shorter kiseru<\/em> appropriate for carrying about, and portable smoking instruments became quite common. Divided into general forms, there are three kinds of portable smoking paraphernalia: the hitotsusage<\/em> tobacco pouch, the tsutsuzashi<\/em> tobacco pouch, and the ry\u014dsage<\/em> tobacco pouch. The hitotsusage<\/em> tobacco pouch has a bag into which the finely shredded tobacco was placed and to which a netsuke<\/em> and drawstring fastener are attached, allowing it to hang from the wearer\u2019s obi<\/em> sash. The tsutsuzashi<\/em> tobacco pouch replaces the netsuke with a long, narrow case for storing a pipe, and this pipe case was thrust into the obi<\/em> sash. The netsuke ry\u014dsage<\/em> tobacco pouch has both a netsuke<\/em> and a pipe case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is said that smoking paraphernalia as part of the prosperous merchant\u2019s accouterment appeared in the latter half of the 17th century, when Japanese commerce thrived, and such paraphernalia was for the most part made to order. In the 18th century, an extremely high level of technical expertise was reached as great numbers of luxurious items employing various techniques, materials, and garments to satisfy the tastes of those placing the orders were produced.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the tubular shank of kiseru <\/em>pipes, a great variety of materials and techniques can be found, from carved wood and ivory, to maki-e<\/em> and carved lacquer, and even meticulously woven rattan. From the Meiji period, a different sort of demand arose from the members of the newly formed entrepreneurial and civil servant classes of society. In addition to the kiseru<\/em> shanks produced by the Imperial Household Artists, there were also the articles produced for the international and domestic expositions that were so popular at the time, which earned high evaluations for a uniquely brilliant craftsmanship that brought together every possible sort of technique and beauty. The present exhibition puts on display all at once for your viewing pleasure the many pieces of the museum\u2019s collection of smoking paraphernalia from the latter days of the Bakufu through the Meiji and Taisho periods. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":698,"template":"","class_list":["post-712","special_exhibition","type-special_exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","en-US"],"acf":{"spex_mv":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/A4\u30c1\u30e9\u30b7\u8868\u9762_web.jpg","spex_date_start":"2021\/10\/30","spex_date_end":"2022\/1\/23","spex_date_start_cal":"2021-10-25","spex_date_end_cal":"2022-01-23","spex_contents":[{"spex_contents_img":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u86c7\u86d9\u56f3\u7159\u7ba1\u7b52_web.jpg","spex_contents_thumb":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u7121\u9298\u300c\u86c7\u86d9\u56f3\u7159\u7ba1\u7b52\u300d_bweb.jpg","spex_contents_txt":"\u300aPipe case with snake and frog\u300b Unsigned"},{"spex_contents_img":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u873b\u86c9\u56f3\u7159\u7ba1\u7b52_web.jpg","spex_contents_thumb":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u9298\u82a6\u96ea_\u873b\u86c9\u56f3\u7159\u7ba1\u7b52_bweb.jpg","spex_contents_txt":"\u300aPipe case with dragonfly\u300b Signed \"Rosetsu\""},{"spex_contents_img":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u7af9\u96c0\u56f3\u7159\u7ba1\u7b52_web-1.jpg","spex_contents_thumb":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/\u7af9\u96c0\u56f3\u7159\u7ba1\u7b52_web.jpg","spex_contents_txt":"\u300aPipe case with bamboo and sparrow (Calico tabacco pouch)\u300b
\r\nCarving and inlaying: Tanaka Issyu (1883-1967)
\r\nMetalwork: Nomura Katsumori (1835-1917)"}],"spex_pdf":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/202110\u7159\u7ba1\u7b52\u51fa\u54c1\u30ea\u30b9\u30c8.pdf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special_exhibition\/712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special_exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/special_exhibition"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sannenzaka-museum.co.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}