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'''A Final Thought:''' In 18th and 19th century Japan five elements coincided to leave us today with some of the worlds finest craftsmanship and artwork in a very peculiar form: a richening economy; a population that universally smoked pipes; a rising merchant class with only limited alternatives to publicly demonstrate their wealth; and a remarkable group of artisans, some of whom were ultimately forced to turn to smoking articles when traditional work was denied them. These element converged to make pipes and pipe smoking accessories in pre-20th century Japan one of the most important ways for both men and women to enjoy and express their status, wealth and individuality both in the home and in public. Consequently we have left to us today perhaps the most remarkable and finest of pipes and pipe accessories to have ever been crafted. Equally remarkable, as popular as the kiseru was in the 18th and 19th century, with the coming of the 20th century the cigarette culture rapidly replaced that of the kiseru. Today it is said that many, perhaps most Japanese have no idea of kiseru but for occasional use in traditional theatrical and television drama and while one can see obvious adaptations of tabako-bon and tabako-ire to a world of cigarettes it may well be only the western collectors who recognize the derivation. | '''A Final Thought:''' In 18th and 19th century Japan five elements coincided to leave us today with some of the worlds finest craftsmanship and artwork in a very peculiar form: a richening economy; a population that universally smoked pipes; a rising merchant class with only limited alternatives to publicly demonstrate their wealth; and a remarkable group of artisans, some of whom were ultimately forced to turn to smoking articles when traditional work was denied them. These element converged to make pipes and pipe smoking accessories in pre-20th century Japan one of the most important ways for both men and women to enjoy and express their status, wealth and individuality both in the home and in public. Consequently we have left to us today perhaps the most remarkable and finest of pipes and pipe accessories to have ever been crafted. Equally remarkable, as popular as the kiseru was in the 18th and 19th century, with the coming of the 20th century the cigarette culture rapidly replaced that of the kiseru. Today it is said that many, perhaps most Japanese have no idea of kiseru but for occasional use in traditional theatrical and television drama and while one can see obvious adaptations of tabako-bon and tabako-ire to a world of cigarettes it may well be only the western collectors who recognize the derivation. | ||
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