In 1834, during the final decades of Japan’s Edo period, Kyūbei Kagaya (a craftsman and proprietor of a glassware store in the city of Edo’s Ōdenmachō) began incorporating garnet powder into his glass cutting practice. The techniques and workmanship that developed around this approach came to define the art and enduring character of Edo Kiriko. Over 160 years later, in the 14th year of Japan’s Heisei era (2002), Edo Kiriko was officially designated as a ‘Traditional Craft’ by the central government.
In 1921, during Japan’s Taishō era, Ichio Horiguchi, the first of a lineage of craftsmen to bear the ‘Shūseki’ title, began his apprenticeship under master of the Edo Kiriko arts, Kikuichiro Kobayashi. Two generations later, Ichio’s grandson Tōru Horiguchi served his own apprenticeship as a pupil of Shūseki (II), Tomio Suda (designated by Tokyo’s Kōtō ward as a Holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property). In 2008, as the third master of the Shūseki line, Tōru established Horiguchi Kiriko to be a successor to the artistry and spirit of the Edo Kiriko craft.
At Horiguchi Kiriko, we approach glass with a sincerity that recognises its dignity, commanding clarity and florid brilliance. It is our day-to-day endeavour to reveal these virtues in ways we hope will move, delight and amaze our customers. Horiguchi Kiriko safeguards the tradition behind the craft so that we may continue to offer our customers genuine Edo Kiriko.

• Company Name : HORIGUCHI KIRIKO INC.
• Established : 1st October, 2008
• Capital Fund : JPY10 million
• Headquaters : 5-10-2 Matsue, Edogawa-ku, TOKYO JAPAN 132-0025
• Tel. +81 3 6231 5561
• Fax. +81 3 6231 5575
• Representative : Toru HORIGUCHI
• Number of employees : 4
• Business Lineup : Manufacturing, processing and distribution of glassware products

Main Clients

• Aoyama Gakuin University
• ITOCHU Corporation
• ODELIC CO.,LTD
• Culture Generation Japan Co., Ltd
• KOIZUMI LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY CORP.
• SHOTOKU GLASS Co.,LTD
• Takashimaya Company, Limited
• DENTSU TEC INC.
• TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION
• Nikken Sekkei Ltd.
• NipponDepartmentStore inc.
• HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC.
• VITACAIN PHARMACEUTICAL Co.,LTD.
• HIBIYA-KADAN FLORAL CO.,LTD.
• POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
• Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.
• caramo, Inc.