glassware

Mt. Fuji glass cup and other Fuji designed Edo kiriko glassware

The combination of the Japanese traditional  glass and symbolic mountain Since the birth of the Edo glass , the craftsmen had invented a variety of the patterns and form for the cut glass. It developed as the Edo-kiriko cut glass (it was 1800’s in Edo). See the patterns of the Edo-kiriko drinking wares Though the traditional […]

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Japanese glass vase of Edo-kiriko from Kagami Crystal

Tradtional craft Edo-kiriko vase for sale at Amazon   Kagami Crystal Kagami Crystal is one of the long-established crystal glass makers in Japan. There was no other factory which had integrated production systems around the country when the company started.   The founder Kagami Kozo (1896-1985)who had learned Gravure Cutting Techniques in Germarny pursued the artistic quality of the crystal glass.

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Beautiful Japanese Edo-kiriko glass sake cups and pitchers

Traditional Edo-kiriko sake cups of Japanese glass tableware Cold and clear sake water really goes well with a crystal glassware, I think. The traditional Japanese cut glass Edo-kiriko certainly makes your sake more taste good.   As the name shows, Edo-kiriko developed in the townsman culture of Edo City (today’s Tokyo). They preferred the mind

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