Kiseru
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An iconic style of tobacco pipe originating in 16th-century Japan, often associated with samurai. Kiseru were popular status symbols, but also found use as improvised weapons among sketchier characters – like the titular hero of the Goemon series.


An iconic style of tobacco pipe originating in 16th-century Japan, often associated with samurai. Kiseru were popular status symbols, but also found use as improvised weapons among sketchier characters – like the titular hero of the Goemon series.