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| Sun Oct 13 | 12 noon – 9 p.m. |
| Mon Oct 14 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Oct 15 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Oct 16 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Oct 17 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Oct 18 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Oct 19 | Closed |
| Sun Oct 20 | 12 noon – 9 p.m. |
| Mon Oct 21 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Oct 22 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Oct 23 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Oct 24 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Oct 25 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Oct 26 | Closed |
| Sun Oct 27 | 12 noon – 9 p.m. |
| Mon Oct 28 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Oct 29 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Oct 30 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Oct 31 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Nov 1 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Nov 2 | 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
