日本のガラス工芸(江戸切子・薩摩切子・スタジオガラス)

Japanese art glass (Edo kiriko, Satsuma kiriko, studio glass)

Tokyo (Edo kiriko); Kagoshima (Satsuma kiriko); various · Edo kiriko traditionally from 1834; Satsuma kiriko mid-19th c.

Japanese glass crafts, especially Edo and Satsuma kiriko cut glass, together with modern studio glass made by individual artists.

Glass cutting in Edo (Tokyo) is traditionally said to have begun in 1834, when the glass merchant Kagaya Kyūbei cut patterns into glass. Edo kiriko developed as cut clear glass and later as coloured glass with a thin outer layer, cut into geometric patterns. In the Satsuma domain, glassmaking was expanded under Shimazu Nariakira in the mid-nineteenth century, and Satsuma kiriko became known for thick coloured glass whose cut edges fade gently into clear glass ('bokashi'). Satsuma kiriko production stopped within a few decades and was revived in Kagoshima in the 1980s. Edo kiriko was designated a Traditional Craft in 2002. From the twentieth century, artists such as Iwata Tōshichi worked in studio glass, and an active studio glass movement developed in Japan after the 1970s.

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Edo kiriko: clear or thin-layered coloured glass over clear, with sharp cut patterns. Satsuma kiriko: thick coloured layers over clear glass cut to create soft graded edges. Studio glass uses many techniques, including blowing and casting.

Como identificar Japanese art glass (Edo kiriko, Satsuma kiriko, studio glass)

Edo kiriko: crisp geometric cut patterns (such as chrysanthemum, hemp leaf, fish-scale, bamboo weave) through a thin colour layer into clear glass; Satsuma kiriko: thick colour (red, indigo, green, amber) with soft gradation (bokashi) at the cut edges; studio pieces usually carry an engraved artist signature.