Shinohara Furin Honpo Edo Furin Special Selection Komaru Glass Wind Chime Goldfish Shape: Pear-shaped This item has been stored at home for a long time. About Edo Furin... One of Tokyo's representative traditional crafts. It refers to the glass wind chimes (bidoro furin) that were popular at the end of the Edo period. Glass wind chimes were introduced to Edo in the mid-Edo period. At that time, glass wind chimes were very expensive. Later, Edo wholesalers acquired the technology and released glass wind chimes at a low price, which spread throughout Edo. Around 1965, Mr. Giji Shinohara of the long-established wind chime shop "Shinohara Furin Honpo" named the glass wind chimes "Edo Furin" based on documents, and since then the name Edo Furin has been spreading. The cool sound produced by the uneven cut edge carved with stone and the painting method from the inside are its characteristics. The origin of wind chimes as a charm is said to be a tool for fortune-telling, and Japanese people are said to have a very strong faith in sound. In the book "Rokugakushu," it is written that in the Kamakura period, wind chimes were hung under the eaves, and their sound was used to ward off disasters.