Each kiseru appearing on Kabuki and Kyogen (farce played during a No play cycle) is different in shape, such as Goemon ISHIKAWA's silver nobe-kiseru in the 'Sammon Gosan No Kiri' (The Temple Gate and the Paulownia Crest), Kuemon KEZORI's big kiseru with Netherlandish patterns in the 'Hakata Kojoro Namimakura' (voyage of geisha girl in Hakata) and amongst others.
「楼門五三桐」の石川五右衛門の銀の延煙管、「博多小女郎浪枕」の毛剃のオランダ模様のある大きな煙管など、歌舞伎狂言によってそれぞれ形がある。