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| Sun Jul 20 | 12 noon – 5 p.m. |
| Mon Jul 21 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Jul 22 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Jul 23 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Jul 24 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Jul 25 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Jul 26 | Closed |
| Sun Jul 27 | 12 noon – 5 p.m. |
| Mon Jul 28 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Jul 29 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Jul 30 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Jul 31 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Aug 1 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Aug 2 | Closed |
| Sun Aug 3 | 12 noon – 5 p.m. |
| Mon Aug 4 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Aug 5 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Aug 6 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Aug 7 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Aug 8 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Aug 9 | Closed |
Taketori Tale,
Kyohei Fujita (b. 1921),
n.d.,
Mold blown glass with gold and silver foil inclusions
Gift of Richard and Louise Abrahams,
Collection of UM-Dearborn (Adp39),
Photograph by Kip Kriigel
World renowned artist Kyohei Fujita was born in Japan in 1921. He is known as the father of Japanese studio glass. Many of his works, including this one, were inspired by early Japanese boxes that were richly decorated with lacquerwork and mother-of-pearl inlays, and traditionally used to store Buddhist writings, jewelry, inkstones and brushes. Fujita's celebrated ornamental glass boxes revive conventional Japanese aesthetics in a contemporary form. This breathtaking piece was mold blown with gold and silver foil inclusions. Whenever asked by collectors what to keep in the boxes, the artist usually stated "You should put your dreams in them."
---Laura Cotton, Art Curator and Gallery Manager
