Hours
| Date | |
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| Sun Jun 22 | 12 noon – 5 p.m. |
| Mon Jun 23 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Jun 24 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Jun 25 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Jun 26 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Fri Jun 27 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Jun 28 | Closed |
| Sun Jun 29 | Closed |
| Mon Jun 30 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Jul 1 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Jul 2 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Jul 3 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Jul 4 | Closed |
| Sat Jul 5 | Closed |
| Sun Jul 6 | 12 noon – 5 p.m. |
| Mon Jul 7 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Jul 8 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Jul 9 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Jul 10 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Jul 11 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Jul 12 | 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
