▁H ori uch i ' s ▁work ▁at ▁the ▁Y ose ida ▁Gallery ▁in ▁Tokyo ▁and ▁re unit ing ▁with ▁family ▁members . ▁ ▁F ount ains ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 ▁Ts ut ak awa ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁design ▁and ▁build ▁a ▁f ount ain ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁main ▁Seattle ▁Central ▁Library ▁being ▁built ▁in ▁dow nt own ▁Seattle . ▁He ▁accepted , ▁although ▁he ▁had ▁never ▁created ▁a ▁f ount ain ▁before . ▁After ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁da un ting ▁m ish aps , ▁he ▁and ▁Jack ▁U ch ida , ▁a ▁Bo eing ▁engineer ▁who ▁would ▁become ▁his ▁lif el ong ▁technical ▁expert ▁and ▁assistant , ▁finished ▁F ount ain ▁of ▁Wis dom , ▁a ▁tall ▁sil icon ▁bronze ▁abstract ▁design ▁suggest ive ▁of ▁ob os , ▁to tem ▁pol es , ▁and ▁pag od as . ▁Art ist , ▁public , ▁and ▁critics ▁were ▁all ▁delight ed ▁with ▁the ▁work , ▁whose ▁fusion ▁of ▁Asian , ▁Native ▁American , ▁and ▁modern ▁Abstract ▁Expression ist ▁elements ▁was ▁deeply ▁ev oc ative ▁of ▁the ▁Pacific ▁North west . ▁Al most ▁by ▁happen st ance , ▁Ts ut ak awa ▁had ▁found ▁a ▁new ▁medium ▁for ▁his ▁art istic ▁energ ies . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁Ts ut ak awa ▁emer ged ▁as ▁the ▁world ' s ▁pre em inent ▁cre ator ▁of ▁f ount ains , ▁installing ▁them ▁in ▁cities ▁throughout ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁Canada , ▁and