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Japanese sake cup drinking glass striped stripes About Hirota Glass Founded in 1899, Hirota Glass is a top-class collective of glass art specialists, much of the designs inspired by glass art from the pre-war period. Aburidashi technique was a widespread glass art during the Meiji period (1868~1912), and Taisho period (1912~1926), hence the name ‘Taisho-Roman’. The technique involves the use of “‘bone ash” to create an opalescent pattern at the time of glass molding.
Japanese sake cup drinking glass striped stripes About Hirota Glass Founded in 1899, Hirota Glass is a top-class collective of glass art specialists, much of the designs inspired by glass art from the pre-war period. Aburidashi technique was a widespread glass art during the Meiji period (1868~1912), and Taisho period (1912~1926), hence the name ‘Taisho-Roman’. The technique involves the use of “‘bone ash” to create an opalescent pattern at the time of glass molding. Edit alt text
Japanese sake cup drinking glass striped stripes About Hirota Glass Founded in 1899, Hirota Glass is a top-class collective of glass art specialists, much of the designs inspired by glass art from the pre-war period. Aburidashi technique was a widespread glass art during the Meiji period (1868~1912), and Taisho period (1912~1926), hence the name ‘Taisho-Roman’. The technique involves the use of “‘bone ash” to create an opalescent pattern at the time of glass molding. Edit alt text

Hirota Glass

Taisho Roman Sake Cup - ‘Tokusa’ (stripe)

$78.00
A mini glass with opalescent aburidashi stripe design. Traditionally used for cold tea refreshments, they may also be used as sake cups.  
  • 7.2cm (2.8 in) diameter
  • 6cm (2.35 in) height
  • 140ml (4.7 fl oz)
  • Made in Japan 

About Hirota Glass
Founded in 1899, Hirota Glass is a top-class collective of glass art specialists, much of the designs inspired by glass art from the pre-war period.

About Aburidashi Craft
The “aburidashi” technique is an old-world technique that had once been a lost art, and was able to be resurrected by Hirota Glass through trial and error. Aburidashi technique was a widespread glass art during the Meiji period (1868~1912), and Taisho period (1912~1926), hence the name ‘Taisho-Roman’. 

The technique involves the use of “‘bone ash” to create an opalescent pattern at the time of glass molding.