23 items
23 items
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Imperial Hotel (ddr-one-2-334)
Black and white photographic print of Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel (in background) designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Snow in Tokyo (ddr-one-2-222)
Black and white photographic print of Tami Okamura holding a snowball outside in the snow in front of low fence with building (possibly Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel) and tree in background.
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Woodlawn House, Chicago Theological Seminary Postcard (ddr-densho-446-392)
Notes by Ryo (Morikawa) Tsai on back indicate that this was "our first home", a "Frank Lloyd Wright building" (now called the Robie House and still on the University of Chicago campus).
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Snow in Tokyo (ddr-one-2-218)
Black and white photographic print of Shiuko Sakai wearing a black coat, white headscarf and holding a snowball outside in the snow in front of low fence with a building (possibly Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel) and tree in background.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo (ddr-densho-299-199)
Caption: "Frank Lloyd Wright's famous earthquake proof Imperial Hotel, Tokyo. Only for colonels and / higher ranks."
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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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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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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-329-872)
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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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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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-329-869)
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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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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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-329-882)
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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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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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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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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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his sisters Wakako and Yuri (ddr-densho-329-865)
Letter from New York. Kan has finished the New York World's Fair garden job, and his relationship with Nagao Sakurai has improved. The World's Fair has opened and he has been exploring it in his week off; he describes various exhibits and critiques the Japanese exhibit (with a sketch of the floorplan and traffic flow). He …
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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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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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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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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 …