75 items
75 items
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-549)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada and Richard Tsukada from her brother Kaneji Domoto. Kan writes confirming he will attend the wedding and inquiring if Yuri plans to tell some of her friends around New England. To see the other half of this correspondence please see the Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection at ddr-densho-329. Item tied …
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-545)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her brother Kaneji Domoto. Kan provides his opinion and thoughts on if Yuri should pursue a Master's Degree from his own experience of his wife wanting to, then continues on to discuss issues in his marriage. For the other half of this correspondence please see the Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) …
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Honor roll letter (ddr-densho-329-889)
Letter from Roosevelt High School principal E.W. Jacobsen congratulating Kan on making a one hundred percent grade on the honor roll.
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Honor Society letter (ddr-densho-329-890)
Letter from Roosevelt High School principal E.W. Jacobsen congratulating Kan on his selection for the Honor Society based on faculty recommendation.
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-871)
Letter from Chicago. Kan is on his way to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. He talks about driving his Ford, and the places he is passing through: visiting the zoo with Mary Fujii in Chicago, Niagara Falls, impressions of the landscapes as he drives through Ohio and Indiana on his way to Wisconsin. On …
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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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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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Christmas card from Dick (ddr-densho-329-913)
Christmas card with printed greeting and design on the front of people in Victorian dress outside a house or building in the snow, and a snowy cottage in a hillside on the inside. Addressed to Kan and signed by Dick, with the note "Why don't you let me have a letter and tell me where you …
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Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection (ddr-densho-329)
Accessions 1-2: The Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto collection consists mostly of correspondence to Kaneji Domoto from his wife Sally, and his sisters Wakako and Yuriko. The letters primarily date between 1942 and 1952, when Kaneji was on the East Coast looking for work and his family was held at Amache, and after WWII when his …
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Letters from Kaneji Domoto to his siblings Toichi and Wakako (ddr-densho-329-883)
Letters from Taliesin. Letter to Toichi "Nich" Domoto: Kan tells him about the fall colors among the deciduous trees, a new method of balling trees, which he illustrates with sketches. Letter to Wak: Kan is doing some drafting of Hillside, where the fellows live at Taliesin. Gei and Mary Fujii come for a brief visit. Fall …
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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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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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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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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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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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Card to Miki Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-838)
Tri-fold Christmas card from Kan and Sylvia to Miki (Domoto) Stebbing. Text side of card reads "Dear Miki-- We look forward to seeing you next Sunday, but we thought it might be better to have Santa arrive on time! Love, Dad." Back of the card is a drawing in green marker of a Japanese garden landscape …
