Yesterday the new pandas arrived in Ueno park, causing quite a stir. Earlier that day I had time for a little tea at the tofu place off the main cherry blossom promenade. The big main table was made out of a piece of an old ship or bath I think.. It was full of different sorts of connections and protections of wood. It reminded me of my favorite American craftsman, George Nakashima, who made the butterfly joint famous in America.
And if anyone can tell me why the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York would put the work of a man who worked most of his life in Pennsylvania and was born in Spokane, Washington and graduated from MIT, in the Japanese section I would appreciate hearing about it.
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