• Craft: Edo Kiriko（江戸切子）— Tokyo Designated Traditional Craft
• Pattern: Yarai Nanako-mon（矢来魚子紋）
• Color: Lapis Lazuli（ルリ）
• Material: Crystal glass
• Set Contents: One katakuchi pitcher + two guinomi cups
• Katakuchi: Approx. Ø85mm × H93mm, 230ml
• Guinomi: Approx. Ø65mm × H50mm, 80ml
• Box: Paulownia wood box（桐箱）
• Note: Hand-made; slight variations in size and color are inherent to the craft
• Craftsman: Kimura Taisuke（木村泰典）, Certified Traditional Craftsman
• Workshop: Taburo Kobo（太武朗工房）, Tokyo

Taburo Kobo is a Tokyo workshop dedicated to Edo glass arts — Edo Kiriko, Edo glass, and carved glass — continuing a tradition that began in the Edo period when glassworkers in what is now Tokyo first began cutting geometric patterns into layered crystal. Edo Kiriko became a designated traditional craft, a status that places it alongside lacquerware, ceramics, and textile arts as one of Japan's protected cultural inheritances. Kimura Taisuke holds the title of Traditional Craftsman, awarded by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs to those who have demonstrated mastery of a designated craft over many years of practice. The Yarai Nanako-mon pattern on this set combines two of Kiriko's most recognized motifs: the diagonal arrow-lattice of yarai, associated with the bamboo fence constructions of old Edo, and nanako, the fish-roe stippling that requires exceptional control of the cutting wheel. To execute both on the same vessel, in register, without error, is the work of someone who has made thousands of cuts.

Pour sake into the katakuchi at room temperature; the wide mouth aerates the liquid gently. Drink from the guinomi with both hands — the Edo period way, which keeps the glass warm and the pour deliberate. The lapis crystal catches and refracts light in ways that flat glass cannot. Do not use in the dishwasher; rinse by hand in cool water and dry immediately. Store in the paulownia box when not in use — the wood breathes and regulates humidity, which matters for crystal over time. This is a set for occasions that deserve it, and for the sake you have been saving.