KAGAMI Crystal Edo-Kiriko Wine Sake Glass - Red / 江戸切子 ワイン 食前酒 グラス 36611-White Usukiyaki is created around the

Usukiyaki is created around the concept that “a dish is a frame for the food that is served on it

This little tea strainer is shaped like a spot-billed duck — the kind of bird you might spot paddling unhurriedly along a Japanese river — and it perches on the rim of your cup with the same easy composure

The birds' gentle colouring softens the surrounding space

embodying the wabi-sabi philosophy

For Ono san

KAGAMI Crystal Edo-Kiriko Wine Sake Glass - Red / 江戸切子 ワイン 食前酒 グラス 36611-White Usukiyaki is created around theLook closely and the pattern seems to move a square basket weave cut so it looks like it's pushing forward from behind soft curtain folds, the two motifs layered rather than simply side by side. It's a playful bit of engineering: traditional Edo Kiriko geometry set against something closer to drapery, cut into vivid amber crystal. Poured with wine, the effect shifts with every turn of the glass, making it as much a piece to look at as to drink from.