Tobacco case (cigarette case) - Tobacco case

Japanese: タバコ入れ(煙草入れ) - タバコいれ

Smoking equipment. The custom of smoking began at the beginning of the Edo period, but the custom of each person carrying a tobacco pouch to take a puff seems to have come much later, and this portable pouch developed as the number of smokers increased. There are many pictures of tobacco trays in paintings from the Genroku period (1688-1704), but there are still few pictures of tobacco pouches. At that time, tobacco pouches were often made of paper, such as hosho paper or oil paper, as there was a fear that the tobacco would become soggy. The most common shape was a folding basket shape made of paper folded in half, or a later type of sleeve-drop purse folded in thirds.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

喫煙用具。喫煙の風習は江戸時代の初めからはじまったが，各自がタバコ入れを所持して一服つける風習はかなり後になってからのようで，喫煙者の増加につれて携帯用のこの袋物を発達させた。元禄時代(1688‐1704)の絵画にはたばこ盆の絵は多いが，タバコ入れの絵はまだ少ない。このころのタバコ入れの材料としては，タバコのしけることをおそれて紙製のものが多く，奉書紙や油紙が用いられた。形は紙を二つ折りにした叺（かます）形，さらに三つ折りにした後世の袂（たもと）落し類が多い。

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