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img Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-443-7)

Photograph of Kaneji Domoto sleeping in a folding chair. Written on the back is "Summer 1950 / KANEJI" in pencil.

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img Kathie and Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-443-179)

Photograph of Kathie Domoto with her father Kaneji Domoto

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doc Front of an envelope (ddr-densho-443-142)

Envelope addressed to Wakako Domoto from her brother Kaneji Domoto

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Kan Domoto (ddr-densho-356-404)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her brother Kaneji "Kan" Domoto in which he wishes Yuri a happy birthday, inquires about their sister Wakako, and details his life in New Rochelle in hopes of getting his two sisters to move there. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413. For the correspondence to Kaneji …

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doc Birthday card from Kan (ddr-densho-329-876)

Birthday card from Kan to one of his sisters. Card has a floral pattern on the front with silver glitter trim, and a poem pre-printed on the inside. Kan has written a teasing message inside also in loose verse.

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doc Four letters to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-385)

Four letters to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada to her brother Kaneji "Kan" Domoto, all stored together in one envelope, unclear if all the letters were mailed together or separately. 4/24 letter: Inquires if his sisters arrived in Boston and telling them about a WRA office in Brooklyn they should check-in to the next time they visit him. …

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doc Letter from Tom Vasey to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-906)

Letter from Tom Vasey to Kan explaining that the Christian Association, presumably of the Stanford University student body, doesn't have a secretary for the upcoming year. Tom invites Kan to come to campus early on September 30th to help out with the club.

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-861)

Letter from New York. Kan has heard that Wakako has appendicitis and will have her appendix removes, and jokes with her about it. He is continuing to read Frank Lloyd Wright's autobiography and learning German.

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img Kaneji and Sally Domoto (ddr-densho-443-146)

Photograph of Kaneji Domoto (left) and his wife Sally (Fujii) Domoto (right) standing together outside. Written below the image on the album page is "Taken by Miki" in white pencil.

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-639)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mine Okubo. Mine writes about seeing Yuri and her brother Kaneji Domoto at a Day of Remembrance.

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doc Letter to Kaneji "Kan" Domoto (ddr-densho-329-37)

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doc Letter to Kaneji "Kan" Domoto (ddr-densho-329-524)

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doc Letter to Kaneji "Kan" Domoto (ddr-densho-329-38)

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doc Letter to Yuri Tsukada from Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-636)

Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Mine Okubo. Mine writes to thank Yuri for the invitation to a garden tour of Kaneji Domoto's work and discusses her thoughts on it. For more information about Kaneji Domoto's landscape and architectural work please see the Kaneji Domoto Architecture and Landscape Photograph Collection (ddr-densho-377).

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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 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 Season's greetings from Kaneji and Sylvia Domoto (ddr-densho-329-839)

Piece of card or paper with a green marker drawing of a boulder landscape under clouds, and text that reads "HOLIDAY CHEERS FOR ALL THE YEARS / FROM SYLVIA SCHUR & KAN DOMOTO"

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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-329-866)

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 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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img Domoto 1953 Christmas card (ddr-densho-443-143)

Photo card of Kaneji and Sally Domoto's family. From top to bottom is Krissy Domoto, Kathie Domoto, Anyo Domoto, Miki Domoto, Sally (Fujii) Domoto, and Kaneji Domoto. Written at the bottom of the card is "Do you actually mean that I'm getting a subscription to 'Sunset'. Something I've wanted to get for years. Sincerely, Kan" in …

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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-329-860)

Letter from New York. Kan writes about his evening routine, what he's eating, and his relationship with his supervisor on the World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, whom he hopes will hire him on a potential new garden project on the fair grounds, and the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-864)

Letter from New York. Kan talks about his impressions of the skill of the two landscape architects he's working for" Shogo Myaida, his immediate boss on the World's Fair job, and Nagao Sakurai, the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project. He is weighing whether to go to school for architecture and is leaning towards …

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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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