Japanese cut glass has a long history of international interaction. Edo Kiriko is Japanese cut glass from Edo (present-day Tokyo). It is believed that Edo Kiriko first appeared in 1834, when Kyubei Kagaya opened a glassware shop in the city. A few decades later in 1881, a British glass-cutting engineer, Emmanuel Hauptmann, was invited to train Japanese craftsmen in the latest glass-cutting technology. As a result, Edo Kiriko developed into a beautiful and sophisticated craft. It fuses techniques from abroad with Japanese sensibilities and the passion of Japanese craftsmen.
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