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Pipe Case


Kimono have no pockets. Men carried items of everyday use suspended from their waist sash (obi). These dress accessories included tobacco pouches.

Object details

Category
Smoking Accessories
Object type
Pipe case
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Pipe Case
  • Lid
  • Pipe (Smoking Equipment)
  • Tobacco Pouch
  • Ojime
Gallery label
(29/02/2020)
Kimono have no pockets. Men carried items of everyday use suspended from their waist sash (obi). These dress accessories included tobacco pouches and small, tiered containers called inrō. The latter were originally used to hold medicines or a seal but developed into highly fashionable adornments with no real function. They hung from a toggle called a netsuke, with a round ojime to fasten the cord. Though small, these items were extraordinarily varied in design and decoration.
Object history
Given by Mr. A. Tyson, accessioned in 1907. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Summary
Kimono have no pockets. Men carried items of everyday use suspended from their waist sash (obi). These dress accessories included tobacco pouches.
Collection
East Asia Collection
Accession number
84-1907

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O439207/pipe-case/
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