was a Japanese

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ist. He received training early in his career as a worker in the factory of

Toshichi Iwata Toshichi Iwata (岩田藤七, ''Iwata Tōshichi'', 1893-1980) was a Japanese glass artist considered to be the founding father of modern art glass making in Japan. Active from 1927 until his death, he created unique studio works as well as produ ...

and his early work shows Iwata's influence in style and materials. Fujita later matured as a glass artist and developed his own, unique style. With Histoshi Iwata, son of Toshichi Iwata, and fifty other artists, Fujita established the Japan Glass Artcrafts Association in 1972. Kyohei Fujita is best known for his glass boxes with complicated surface decorations, and his work was included in the exhibit ''One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement'' at the

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in New York City, December 22, 2006 – September 3, 2007.

References

* Boone, Thomas, David J. Wagner, Kikuo Atarashi and Shigeki Fukunaga, ''Kyohei Fujita, First American Glass Exhibition'', Lathrup Village, Michigan, Habatat Galleries, 1981. * Fujita, Kyohei, ''Free Blown Glassware by Kyohei Fujita'', Tokyo, Takashimaya, 1992. * Fujita, Kyohei, ''Kyohei Fujita, Unikate in Glas aus Japan'', Coburg, Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, 1977. * Lynggaard, Finn, ''Kyohei Fujita, The Man and his Work'', Copenhagen, Borgen København 2000. * Maedebach, Heino, ''Kyohei Fujita'', Brosch, 1977.
Biography page of Kyohei Fujita Museum of Glass
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Fujita's art developed under the tutorship of Toshichi Iwata, one of Japan's first artists to explore glass as a contemporary art form.

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Glass artists Japanese artists People from Tokyo 1921 births 2004 deaths {{Glass-art-stub