Planting Design and Maintenance in the Seattle Japanese Garden—Part One: Planning, Creation, and the Garden’s Early Years
Planting Design and Maintenance in the Seattle Japanese Garden—Part One: Planning, Creation, and the Garden’s Early Years

This is the first of two articles on planting design and maintenance in the Seattle Japanese Garden. In her latest article, blog contributor Corinne Kennedy brings together information from documents published over many years, including articles in the Washington Park Arboretum’s quarterly Bulletin—and more recently, blog articles on the Garden’s website and translations of the garden designers’ original documents, available online through the Elisabeth C. Miller Library’s catalog.

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Corinne Kennedy
Stories of Pacific Northwest Issei Artists Who Achieved Recognition in the Years Before World War II—PART THREE: Kenjiro Nomura
Stories of Pacific Northwest Issei Artists Who Achieved Recognition in the Years Before World War II—PART THREE: Kenjiro Nomura

In this blog series, Corinne Kennedy writes about three Japanese artists who lived and worked in early 20th-century Seattle. By the 1930s, their paintings were winning recognition and awards. However, World War II upended their lives, and until recently their work was largely erased from American art history. Part Three, the final article in this series, features artist Kenjiro Nomura.

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History, Japanese Culture, Visual ArtCorinne KennedyPainting, Visual Art, Issei, Seattle History