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Tabakoire (Tobacco pouch)

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Tobacco and Salt Museum

Tobacco and Salt Museum
Sumida, Japan

A tobacco pouch made of leather. The leather like this was called Inden leather, because it was imported from India. The kiseru (Japanese smoking pipe) case is made of rattan and some calabash are decorated on its surface. There is a sparrow pecking the ears of rice on the pouch. The calabash and ear of rice symbolize autumn in Japan.

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Tobacco and Salt Museum

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