Gardening

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 his sisters (ddr-densho-329-858)

Letter from New York in which Kan further describes the manners of the landscape architect running his current job at the World's Fair, Nagao Sakurai, and his immediate boss, Shogo Myaida. He writes about what he's eating, where he's going, and what he's doing in New York City. Says he doesn't meet many people who seem …

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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 Kubota Gardens: Is it being uprooted? (ddr-densho-329-855)

Clipping from Seattle paper Beacon Hill News describing Kan Domoto's visit to the local Kubota Gardens and his advocacy for the garden's preservation. Next to the article is the headline "Hirabayashi conviction overturned" with accompanying article. Written on the back is a note from Kan to Kris Domoto, "Dear Kris: This is what I'm up on …

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doc Japanese Garden Grand Opening in Jackson Park (ddr-densho-329-852)

Flyer advertising the opening of the Japanese Garden and Ho-o Den Palace at Jackson Park, Chicago, originally built for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition and reconstructed by Kaneji Domoto in 1981. Flyer includes an overview of Japanese gardens and the history of the garden at Jackson Park, as well as a program of events and list …

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doc Kaneji Domoto, Creator of Dream Gardens of Water and Stone (ddr-densho-329-851)

Clipping from the "New Men's News" column of the Westchester Women's News featuring a profile of Kan Domoto. Article reviews his local and more far-flung work, touches on his involvement with the redress and reparations movement, and mentions a May 14 tour of six of his local gardens. Features four photographs, including one portrait of Kan …

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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 Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-859)

Letter from New York. Kan thanks Wak for a package, talks about visiting some of the New York City tourist sites and seeing movies. Wanted to get a meal in Chinatown but sensed anti-Japanese sentiment. Continues to discuss relationship between his immediate boss on the New York World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, and the …

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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 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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img Japanese garden (ddr-densho-377-1744)

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doc Art of Bonzai To Be Theme Of Talk By Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-377-1664)

Newspaper clipping about Kaneji Domoto's "Art Of Bonzai" demonstration at The Manor Club on February 2, 1960, published four days prior to the event in The Pelham Sun.

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img Gardens with flags (ddr-densho-377-1730)

Flower garden with what appear to be French, Irish and German flags in the background.

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img Flower bed and porch (ddr-densho-377-1823)

Picture of flower beds. In the background, a small group of people stands on a house's porch.

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img Landscaping (ddr-densho-377-1770)

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img Japanese garden (ddr-densho-377-1746)

View from a patio looking out into a garden.

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img Tree in garden (ddr-densho-377-1630)

Tree in a Japanese style garden in front of a footbridge; building under construction in the background.

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img House, side view (ddr-densho-377-1809)

Large, modern house and landscaping.

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doc Flyer (ddr-densho-377-1687)

Flyer promoting a talk by Kaneji Domoto titled "Relating The Japanese Design To The American Garden! In Its Proper Perspective" to be given 10/19/1970 for the Garden Club of Plainview.

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doc Bonsai and Japanese Landscaping event brochure (ddr-densho-377-1659)

Front & back of flyer for the October 1959 meeting of the Garden Circle of New Rochelle, at which Kaneji Domoto spoke about landscaping and bonsai.

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doc Letter to Kaneji Domoto from Mary Ann Castellana (ddr-densho-377-1686)

Follow-up letter requesting details and logistics of a talk to be given by Domoto for the Garden Club of Plainview, NY. Mentions that the club has started to promote the event.

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img Loading trees onto a truck (ddr-densho-377-1610)

Laborer uses rope to secure two pine trees on a landscaping truck. The six photographic negatives in objects ddr-densho-377-1605 through -1610 were originally grouped together on one sheet of photo paper and are cropped from one scan.

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