Gardening

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 Japanese garden (ddr-densho-377-1746)

View from a patio looking out into a garden.

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img Landscaping (ddr-densho-377-1770)

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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 Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-863)

Letter from New York City. Mostly anecdotes about spending time with his co-workers in their time off in the city, going to bookstores and the library and seeing shows. Anecdotes about his boss at the New York World's Fair job, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Taking and printing pictures from the worksite. In pencil on back of …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-857)

Letter from New York. Mostly discusses relations with Kan's employer (landscape architect Shogo Myaida) on the gardening job he's doing for the World's Fair. Feels extorted by his boss (landscape architect Nagao Sakurai). Frustrated that Sakurai also wants him to act as a Japanese interpreter; struggles because his Japanese isn't very good. Gives a detailed account …

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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 Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-862)

Letter from New York City. On his interactions with the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. On working with Japanese gardeners on the project and what everyone eats for lunch. On the weather. Kan reflects on what he's learning from his work and declares, "One thing that I have found out 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 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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img Two men pose with landscaping (ddr-densho-37-1040)

Included annotation: F-406, Yard and flower, Caucasian quarter.

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

Large, modern house and landscaping.

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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 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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doc Roof over Fifth Avenue (ddr-densho-377-1679)

Column written by Eugenia Sheppard about a new Walt Whitman shopping center on Long Island. States that the centerpiece of the new mall is a Japanese garden designed by Kaneji Domoto.

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img Flowering plants (ddr-densho-377-1728)

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img Rocky garden area (ddr-densho-377-1747)

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doc East Middlesex District Annual Meeting April 7, 1960 (ddr-densho-377-1668)

One-page brochure inviting members of the East Middlesex District of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. to a meeting on April 7, 1960. Mentions a workshop by Kaneji Domoto on bonsai and Japanese landscaping.

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img Patio and garden (ddr-densho-377-1774)

Back of photo reads "COLE GARDEN, Cr. Kaneji Domoto".

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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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