July 2018 - Masterpieces of Japanese Culture

Edo kiriko Japanese drinking glassware. There are many patterns!

Traditional Japanese tableware Edo-kiriko cut glasses <p style=”text-align: center;”><a title=”Japanese Paired Rocks Glass of Edo-Kiriko (Cut Glass) Shippo-nanako Pattern” href=”https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Paired-Edo-Kiriko-Shippo-nanako-Pattern/dp/B008QU166S?SubscriptionId=AKIAJRKC6WE3NL42JJSQ&tag=hachihachi-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B008QU166S” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer”><img src=”https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51NOp8yBvSL.jpg” alt=”Japanese Paired Rocks Glass of Edo-Kiriko (Cut Glass) Shippo-nanako Pattern” width=”500″ height=”279″ /></a></p> Edo-kiriko is a flashed glass with a various type of the patterns. The glassware is one of the Japanese […]

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Beatutiful amber and blue/green cold sake glass cups

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Japanese guinomi sake glasses of the traditional Edo-kiriko from Amazon.com When you drink cold sake, a great glass guinomi (Japanese sake cup) would more bring out a flavor. Unlike sake cups of pottery or porcelain including Imari (Arita)-yaki, Kutani-yaki, and Hagi-yaki, it isn’t available for hot sake, of course (you can see sake cups

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Types and materials of Japanese chef knife. How to choose?

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Choosing Japanese chef knives The history of Japanese chef knife(hocho) is very long, it was born from Japanese sword. The kitchen knives of the brand name are forged by the smith craft workers who inherited the Japanese sword manufacturing technology. Sponsored Links Hocho has some materials, kinds and famous brands, so I would like to introduce

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Top quality Hanashyo’s Edo-kiriko guinomi sake cups from Amazon

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Most fine and elegant Japanese cut glass guinomi cups of Hanashyo The history of Edo-kiriko started in the middle of 1800’s and the current cut glass craftsmen take over the technique. Furthermore, they improve the design by trial and error. Especially, the glassware of Hanashyo is very famous for the beautiful colors

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10 modern pattern Edo-kiriko glass tumblers on Amazon

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The traditional but new Japanese cut glass tumblers “Edo” was the ancient name of Tokyo. In the Edo Period (1603-1868), it was the biggest city around the world and more than a million people lived in. While the samurai (warrior) class ruled Japan at that time, the tradesmen and artisans of the town developed

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Let’s drink wine with the Japanese traditional Edo-kiriko glass

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Get the wine glasses of the Japanese traditional cut glass from Amazon.com The history of the Edo-kiroko glass started in 1800’s . The wholesaler of the glass Kagaya Kyubei in Edo invented the way of curving the glass from Europe. He used a emery for the curving. But during the Edo Period (1603-1868), there were

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

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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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Special black Edo-kiriko cut glass drinkingwares

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More difficult to make. Black Edo-kiriko cut glass The Japanese cut glass Edo-kiriko has more than 180 years history. The glass wholesaler Kaga-ya Kyubei in Edo (ancient Tokyo) carved a glass from the Europe. It was the beginning of Edo-kiriko. Since then, the craftsmen of the cut glass had improved a various

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