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| Sun May 25 | Closed |
| Mon May 26 | Closed |
| Tue May 27 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed May 28 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu May 29 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri May 30 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat May 31 | Closed |
| Sun Jun 1 | 12 noon – 5 p.m. |
| Mon Jun 2 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Jun 3 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Jun 4 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Jun 5 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Jun 6 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Jun 7 | Closed |
| Sun Jun 8 | 12 noon – 5 p.m. |
| Mon Jun 9 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Tue Jun 10 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Wed Jun 11 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Thu Jun 12 | 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. |
| Fri Jun 13 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. |
| Sat Jun 14 | 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
