Edo Kiriko 江戸切子 Crystal Luxury tableware from Japan

Edo Kiriko, this type of cut glass has its origins in Edo (former name of Tokyo) in Tenpo 5 (1834). It is said that a person called Kyubei Kagaya, who worked at a glassware shop, developed Edo cutting glass skills from emulating a style of British cut glass and start to incise on the surface of glassware with emery sand. Originally, the apex of Japanese glass craft reached full bloom in the Tenpyo era (7th ~8th century), but waned from the 900s. However, 600 years later in 1549 the Japanese glassware cultur