A woman in her night clothes

A woman in her night clothes

A woman is lying half-naked, cooling herself with a fan. The woman behind her is smoking a long kiseru pipe. There is a paulownia chest behind them and a lamp by the head of the woman lying down.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number90‐17‐0]

Women taking a rest

Women taking a rest

Two young women relax half nude. A kiseru tobacco pipe, tobacco tray, clothes rack, square paper lantern, fan, and a hakomakura box pillow (to keep the hair in place) are visible on the floor. This was probably taken as a souvenir for foreign visitors.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number86‐18‐0]

A girl and women smoking

A girl and women smoking

The women are holding tobacco pipes. The kiseru consisted of three parts, the bowl for tobacco, the mouthpiece, and the pipe between. There were many shapes and sizes of pipe.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number86‐20‐0]

Women taking a nap

Women taking a nap

The woman taking a nap is wearing kimono underwear and socks. She has a fan in her hand. A kiseru pipe, a teapot, teacups and cakes are visible on the round tray next to her. There are sliding doors in the background.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number76‐32‐0]

Women smoking at a teahouse

Women smoking at a teahouse

Two women are relaxing at a tea house where cherry petals are falling. The woman on the left is smoking a kiseru pipe. Between them is a teapot, teacups and confections. The woman on the right has one of the confections in her hand.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐23‐0]

A pipe shop

A pipe shop

The kiseru is a Japanese-style tobacco pipe, but the etymology goes back to the word khsier which means tube in Cambodian. It has three parts, the bowl where the tobacco is placed, the tube for smoke, and the mouth piece. The shop in the photo has all sorts of smoking tools including kiseru. In the Taisho period, the demand for paper wrapped tobacco increased, and the kiseru has become almost extinct.==Date:Middle Meiji, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number13‐15‐0]