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Japanese glass Japanese glass tumbler 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 glass Japanese glass tumbler 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 glass Japanese glass tumbler Japanese glass Japanese glass tumbler 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.

Hirota Glass

Taisho Roman TOWA Tumbler - ‘Tokusa’ (stripe)

$128.00

Medium sized glass featuring opalescent stripes using aburidashi glassmaking technique. Enjoy your morning juice.

  • 8cm(3.15in) diameter
  • 8.3cm(3.25in) height
  • 250ml (8.45fl 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.