Copyright
© 2001 & 2002 John C. Loring
Glossary
(note: in this paper and glossary I have used spellings found in previous articles, however in many cases, some noted below, it is questionable whether those transliterations are the best choices)
aikuchi-zutsu -- a two part tsutsu which when closed appears to have a uniformly wide
top and bottom.
bokuto a doctors sword made of wood and used as a
defensive weapon.
daimyo lord, but also the nick name for kiziami-tabako from
date dandies.
date-kiseru alternatively a nickname
for nobe-kiseru or very long rao-kiseru carried by a man, i.e. a
dandy, resting on his sholder.
do the metal shank of a nobe-kiseru, the equivalent of the rao of a rao-kiseru
(do might be
better spelled doh).
fukuro-monoya a pouch and purse maker and the general contractor
charged with putting together a personal smoking ensemble.
gankubi gooseneck, specifically the
curve under the hizara, but often hizara and gankubi
are used interchangeably (I
have seen gankubi spelled ganbuki
in one article but since that latter word apparently has no meaning in
Japanese I assume the spelling was in error).
ganpi a tsutsu made
of tightly twisted lacquered paper appearing to be woven cane or bamboo (ganpishi
may be the better spelling.)
giyamono -- a nobe-kiseru made of glass, (giyaman
may be the better spelling).
goten -- a style of
either a rao-kiseru with bulbous kata or of nobe-kiseru with an even flowing, thinnish, linear do.
haifuki a container on a tabako-bon
to hold ash and waste, hai-otoshi, haifuki or togeppoh
are interchangeable but the latter
two are more commonly used today.
hai-otoshi a container on a tabako-bon
to hold ash and waste, hai-otoshi, haifuki or togeppoh
are interchangeable but the latter two are more commonly used today.
hakogaki box for objects such as a personal smoking
ensemble, upon which there is a third party certification of the artists who
made or decorated the objects in the box.
hanami,
-- a picnic outing during cherry blossom season.
hana-mi-kiseru a very long kiseru carried by women on their
shoulder to a hanami, (hana-mi-kiseru is probably better spelled hana-mi-giseru).
hibachi a container for holding
burning charcoal.
hi-ire a small hibachi
found on tabako-bon.
himo the cord used to string together sageimono including the various parts of a
personal smoking ensemble.
hiuchi-bako a metal walnut shaped netsuke containing a
flint lock lighting mechanism.
hiuchi-bukuro a flint case.
hizara the metal bowl of a kiseru, often the terms hizara and gankubi
are used interchangeably to refer to the bowl.
inro a multi, stacked, drawer sagemono,
used for carry seals and medicine.
jingasa -- a traditional soldier hat.
joshin -- a style of rao-kiseru
with paneled kata or a style of nobe-kiseru with a rectangular do.
kaban
shop signs.
kabuto -- a samurai
battle helmet.
kagamibuta a manju style
netsuke in the shape of a bowl with a metal lid over the bowl opening.
kanagu or kanamono a three part metal clasp
closure system for a tobako-ire.
kanamono or kanagu a three part metal clasp
closure system for a tobako-ire.
kanseinui the cover flap of a tabako-ire.
kata -- the metal
shanks of a rao-kiseru hizara
or suikuchi.
katabori a three dimensionally carved netsuke.
kau-bon
an incense
tray, which served as a model for the first tabako-bon.
Prior to the 19th century
tabako-bon were referred to as kau-bon in some parts of
kau-ro the incense burner on a kau-bon.
kawarigata a kiseru of unusual design.
kenka-kiseru a kiseru that may also serve as a weapon.
kimono robe, the principal
traditional clothing, typically worn with an obi waistband.
kinchaku
a money purse.
kiseru a traditional Japanese
pipe.
kiseru-zutsu
a case
for a kiseru, i.e. a pipe case.
kizami-tabako
-- dry, finely shredded tobacco smoked in a kiseru.
kodai-ji -- a style of rao-kiseru
with bulbous kata (also, gotten ).
kodo the incense ceremony, the tray for which was the
initial model for the tabako-bon.
koshizashi tabako-ire a principal personal
smoking ensemble wherein a kiseru-zutsu is
used to anchor the
ensemble
in lieu of a netsuke.
koyori a twist of paper or rice straw used to clean a kiseru.
kurawa or suigaraake,
an ashtray netsuke (suigaraaki is probably better spelled suigara-oke).
manju a flatish oval netsuke.
memochi a womens tabako-ire
personal smoking ensemble.
menuki metal sword furniture sometimes used as an omote kanagu.
meotokiseru -- a kawarigata with a single bowl and two stems meeting
at the bowl to form a /\.
mokugyo -- a Buddhist gong.
muso-zutsu a two part telescoping tsutsu.
nagato-zutsu a tsutsu made of
lacquered woven cane or bamboo or of ganpi.
namban giseru supposedly a very early
long rao-kiseru
with a distinctive hook shaped hizara kata. No
examples of this style pipe have ever been found and it is most likely that it
is nothing more then a 16th century Japanese artists confusion of
Portuguese artifacts.
natamame a style of nobe-kiseru
with a flat do.
netsuke a toggle tied to himo at one end of a sagemono
ensemble in order to prevent the himo from
slipping out from behind the obi.
netsuke-shi a carver of netsuke.
nobe-kiseru -- one of the two basic styles of kiseru, a nobe-kiseru shank is not made of bamboo
or wood (nobe-kiseru might be better spelled nobe-giseru).
obi the waist band worn around
the kimono.
ojime small object generally round with a single hole
drilled through and through which the himo is
threaded,
used
to keep himo together and tight in a sagemono ensemble such as a personal smoking
ensemble.
omote kanagu the usually decorated part
of the kanagu or kanamono on the outside of the kanseinui.
otoshi-zutsu a one piece tsutsu
with an open top.
rao -- the bamboo
or wood shank of a rao-kiseru.
rao-kiseru one of the two basic styles of kiseru, a rao-kiseru has a bamboo or wood shank (rao-kiseru might
be better spelled rao-giseru).
raoya a street peddler who cleaned and repaired kiseru.
sagemono objects, general cases of some sort, hung from a
mans obi via a himo anchored by a netsuke.
sage tabako-ire
a
principal personal smoking ensemble style wherein a netsuke anchors the
ensemble.
sanchu-kizami - mountain tobacco, the nickname for kizami-tabako grown in Mimasaka.
senryu-zutsu -- a one
piece, open tsutsu that holds the hizara a lock and the suikuchi in a ring.
sekishu a style of rao-kiseru
with gently rounded kata.
shiyo-in
tabako-bon a large kau-bon
style tabako-bon used on occasions of
ceremony.
shokunin an artisan.
suigaraake or kurawa, an
ashtray netsuke (suigaraaki is probably better spelled suigara-oke).
suikuchi the metal mouthpiece of a kiseru.
tabako-bon a tray, box or chest used to hold smoking
accessories.
tabako-dansu a chest style tabako-bon.
tabako-ire
a soft
sided tobacco carry, although prior to the mid 20th century the term
may have encompassed all tobacco carries.
taki-gara-ire the ash and waste receptacle
on a kau-bon.
tamagawa -- a style of rao-kiseru
with tubular kata.
tatohgami, -- a folded paper pouch used to sell, carry and
store kizami-tabako,
today the term tatohshi
is more commonly used.
tatohshi -- the
term used today, in preference to tatohgami, for a folded paper pouch used to sell, carry and
store kizami-tabako.
tazunagate a style of nobe-kiseru
with a twisted, rope like, do, (tazunagata
may be the better spelling).
teppo-zutsu a gun disguised to appear like a otoshi-zutsu.
togeppoh a container on a tabako-bon
to hold ash and waste, hai-otoshi, haifuki or togeppoh
are interchangeable but the latter two are more commonly used today.
tomobako -- box for objects such as a personal smoking ensemble,
signed by the artists who made or decorated the objects in the box.
tomozutsu a personal
smoking ensemble, where the kiseru-zutsu and
tobacco carry are made out of the same material and decoration.
tonkotsu a hard sided tobacco carry, this term may only have
come into use in the 20th century.
tsuba -- with reference to a 17th or 18th
century kiseru, a removable guard that fits midway on the rau or do
and acts as a pipe rest.
tsutsu -- a short hand reference to a kiseru-zutsu,
i.e. a pipe case.
uraza -- the occasionally decorated part of the kanagu
or kanamono
on the inside of the kanseinui.
wari-zutsu a one piece tsutsu
with an open top but slit sides that act to hold the kiseru from falling
out.
Copyright
© 2001 & 2002 John C. Loring