Architecture

doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his father Kanetaro (ddr-densho-329-875)

Letter from Chicago, where Kan is borrowing a car from his brother Toichi "Nich" Domoto and visiting some local Frank Lloyd Wright houses. He plans to return to Taliesin East to pack his things before continuing on to Arizona for the winter at Taliesin West, and hopes to spend some time at home at the end …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-867)

Letter from New York. Kan is now working for landscape architect Shogo Myaida's business, "the Garden Clinic." Working on a project for Japan Day, and sold a bonsai project idea to the designer, Kudzumi. Discusses the confidence required to go out seeking jobs and selling project ideas, which he observes that he seems better at than …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-882)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan is making progress and gaining skills at Taniesin, especially in carpentry, as he is learning skills from a carpenter's son (Marcus Weston, also mentioned in letter ddr-densho-329-881). He is also enjoying listening to records with the other fellows and dusting off his piano skills. Mr. Wright encourages him to join the chorus. …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-868)

Letter from New York. Kan has received word that Frank Lloyd Wright has an apprenticeship opening and would like to interview him, so he is planning to travel to Wisconsin for the interview. He has some guilt about leaving Myaida's Garden Clinic so soon when they are clearly benefiting from his business savvy. Also shares anecdotes …

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doc Westchester Spotlight on Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-849)

Three-page profile of Kan featured in issue 29 of Westchester Spotlight, April 1983. Includes information about the Domoto family and his work history, with a focus on Frank Lloyd Wright and the Usonia homes. Also includes reflections on his experience on camp, on not speaking out against the injustice at the time, and on his subsequent …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-873)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan's sister, Tok, and brother-in-law, Norman, have just had a daughter. He is doing a lot of farming at Taliesin and designing a house "just for fun." He feels less artistically inclined than many of the other fellows. Growing to like Taliesin better but doesn't want to stay there forever. Still curious about …

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doc Domoto Designs Modern offices (ddr-densho-329-854)

Newspaper clipping from the New Rochelle Standard-Star announcing a new office building in New Rochelle that will be designed and built by Kan Domoto. Provides cursory overview of his professional history and architecture style.

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doc Exhibition program (ddr-densho-329-840)

Program for the exhibition "Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonia" held at the Center for Architecture in New York City in summer of 2017. Front of pamphlet shows the title of the exhibition and a photograph of the Bier house; back contains a two-paragraph description of the exhibition focus, dates of programs associated with the …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-881)

Letter from Taliesin. Wak has said he should have finished his architectural studies at the university first before going to Taliesin and he agree. He thinks he would like to work for a contractor instead of going back to school or staying for a long time at Taliesin. "Somehow I want to live my own life. …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-869)

Letter from New York. Kan reports conversations with a client about arranging a rock garden, in which he wants it to be "200% perfect." He is planning for his trip to Taliesin to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright. Activities in New York" visit to "the Bronx park" (possibly New York Botanical Garden) and seeing shows on …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-870)

Letter from New York. Kan shares an anecdote about a couple getting stuck suspended in the parachute jump concession at the World's Fair. On arguing to get paid fairly for his work after completion of a rock garden project. Taking care of last things in New York before leaving on his trip to interview with Frank …

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doc Kaneji Domoto Diary, 1942 (ddr-densho-329-950)

Kaneji's diary from March 6, 1942 - October 7, 1942, spanning the Domoto family's time from being at home in California to about a month after arrival at Amache. Early pages of the diary resemble a notebook loosely structured by date and containing a mixture of daily activities, accounting, notes from work at the nursery, and, …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-866)

Letter from New York. Since finishing the New York World's Fair job Kan has moved out to Albertson, N. Y. He is working for his recent boss at the fair, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Season changing to spring. He has visited Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Rebhuhn House in Long Island and includes detailed impressions.

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-880)

Letter from Taliesin. On sewing a Halloween costume for a party with the fellows, along with sketches of how he made a Japanese Haori out of a blanket; goings on at Taliesin both social and professional. Buckminster Fuller comes to speak to the fellows.

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doc Kaneji Domoto CV (ddr-densho-329-848)

Curriculum vitae of Kaneji Domoto. Contains: office address, education, apprenticeships, and work experience; partial lists of landscaping projects (residential, parks, commercial, colleges) and architecture projects (commercial, residential); statement on his landscape design approach, with notes on the advantages of using stones and water features versus plants, from design and maintenance perspectives. Statement on his approach to …

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doc Advertisement for Architectural Forum's photo book of World Fairs (ddr-densho-329-878)

Letter from the Architectural Forum Assistant to the Publisher encouraging the recipient to renew a lapsed subscription and receive a copy of the World Fairs photo book with images from the New York and San Francisco fairs. Includes a sample centerfold graphical map of the Golden Gate International Exposition captioned "DIRECTIONAL MAP IN COURT OF PACIFICA …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-874)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan is working in the Taliesin kitchen, working on designing and fixing up his room as his main solo creative project, and working with other fellows on landscaping a hillside for which they are sourcing local plants from the area His old boss, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, has invited him back to work …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-879)

Letter from New Rochelle on Kan's studio stationery. Kan asks Wak how her recent trip to Japan was, and asks for updates on the relatives she saw there. He offers updates on all his children. He has "two small jobs starting to build" and hopes to start on another one in Usonia soon.

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-872)

Letter from Taliesin. Kan has begun to apprentice at Taliesin, though his work is menial so far" working in the kitchen and sandpapering the floor of the new drafting room. He describes the weekend tradition in the fellowship of Saturday evening picnics and entertainment (shown in photos ddr-densho-329-721 through -726 and ddr-densho-329-835). He hasn't yet had …

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