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Copyright © 2001 & 2002 John C. Loring -- update 02/04/02
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Tabako	Kiseru	Bon	Ensem	Tsutsu	Ire	Net	Gloss	Bib
(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 doctors sword made of wood and used as a defensive weapon.
daimyo  lord, but also the nick name for kiziami-tabako from Mito.
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 Japan.
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.
yori  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 womens 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 artists 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 mans 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.
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Yang (talk) 09:16, 20 August 2019 (CDT)