Tabakoire (tobacco pouch)

This tobacco pouch is made of striped fabric called "tozan". Imported tozan, especially red tozan was prized in the Edo period. The pouch's fitting metal has the shape of a wild boar and a monkey riding on the back of the wild boar. The decorations of kiseruzutsu (Japanese pipe case), that is made of tortoiseshell, represent geese and autumn plants.