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Would fit in well with your \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e( display stand only ) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazakura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39337378807883,"sku":"Shelf","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5629\/5243\/products\/4C00E94A-C718-4068-B144-D1C02BDB8D30.jpg?v=1620016615"},{"product_id":"pottery-sake-bottle","title":"Pottery Sake bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very attractive Sake bottle, pottery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ewonderful addition to your Japanese style room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH 230mm Dia. 130mm \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazakura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39411198984267,"sku":"Sake","price":47.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5629\/5243\/products\/7D54B1E0-937D-4AA0-B03F-0B91353BE71B.jpg?v=1624854233"},{"product_id":"kiseru","title":"Kiseru","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKiseru\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (\u003cspan lang=\"ja\" title=\"Japanese-language text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e煙管\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a Japanese smoking pipe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etraditionally used for smoking a small serving (about 25 mg) of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ekizami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, a finely shredded tobacco\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e product resembling hair.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany kiseru have been engraved with elaborate details by skilled artisans and were a status symbol for the owner, this Kiseru is a good example of this style, showing a koi carp under a pine tree.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTobacco has been known in Japan since the 1570s at the earliest. By the early 17th century, kiseru had become popular enough to even be mentioned in some Buddhist textbooks for children. The kiseru evolved along with the equipment and use of incense associated with the Japanese incense ceremony :Kono\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003ci\u003ekō-bon\u003c\/i\u003e, an incense tray, became the \u003ci\u003etabako-bon\u003c\/i\u003e, a tobacco tray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe incense burner evolved into a charcoal fire pot for lighting tobacco with hot air\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe incense pot became a jar to contain the ash.\u003csup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiseru#cite_note-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring a smoking session, the smoker would put a ball of stringy \u003ci\u003ekizami\u003c\/i\u003e tobacco in the bowl, light it at the charcoal fire, then dump the ash into the ash container.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamazakura","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39411207766091,"sku":"Pipe","price":65.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5629\/5243\/products\/D24C780E-4E5D-449D-A769-C255531E6CF3.jpg?v=1624854233"}],"url":"https:\/\/yamazakura.co.uk\/collections\/affordable-japan-legacy-stock.oembed","provider":"Yamazakura","version":"1.0","type":"link"}