Satsuma kiriko

Satsuma kiriko (薩摩切子) is a style of cut glass, now a traditional Japanese craft.

The Hari Seiko Zensho (Handbook of Glass Technology), written in 1830 by Kazuyoshi Hanai detailed the manufacture of Satsuma kiriko.

[1] Satsuma kiriko was made by melting lead and mixing it with powdered white stone.

[1] Finally, as the mixture cooled niter was added to it and after melting the compound was shaped into Satsuma kiriko.

In 1989 Satsuma glass industrial art, under the supervision and direct management of Shimadzu Limited, was certified[clarification needed] as a traditional artifact of Kagoshima.

At present, they produce both reproductions of the old-style Satsuma kiriko and new designs and colors based on that style.