Name Kaneji Domoto Role Architect | Died 2002 | |
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Books Bonsai and the Japanese Garden: Applying the Ancient Bonsai Art and Japanese Landscaping to America's Gardens Education University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University | ||
Kaneji Domoto (Japanese: 堂本兼次, November 5, 1912 - Jan. 27, 2002), known as "Kan", was an American architect and landscape architect. He was born in Oakland, California, on November 5, 1912 as Kanetaro ("Tom") and Teru Morita Domoto on the eighth of 13 brothers. He attended Stanford University and UC Berkeley, and was interned at the Granada War Relocation Center during World War II. He studied with Frank Lloyd Wright in Taliesin and had a 50+ year career. Kan's career in architecture and landscape design spanned over 50 years, and included both residential and commercial projects. He received many awards for his Japanese-American gardens including the Frederick Law Olmsted Award for his Jackson Park design. He also published a book on bonsai.
Following the death of his first wife, Sally, who died in 1978, and in 1992 he married cookbook author Sylvia Schur. In addition to his 4 children, he leaves 3 stepchildren, six grandchildren, one great granddaughter, two sisters, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Domoto died January 27, 2002 at the age of 89.
Publications
Domoto co-authored Bonsai and the Japanese garden (1974; ISBN 0-88453-013-2) with George Kay.