THE PIPE CLEANER in OLD JAPAN -- or, Japan&#x27;s Love Affair with Tobacco by Okinawa Soba, via Flickr.  One of the best shots I&#x27;ve seen of an itinerant Japanese pipe-seller-fixer-upper-cleaner, and parts supplier.....with his tools in hand, and at his feet ! Photo attributed to SHINICHI SUZUKI, AND dated to about 1873.