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Spirited stone : lessons from Kubota's garden / photography by Gemina Garland-Lewis ; foreword, Charles Johnson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle, WA : Chin Music Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 228 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1634059751
  • 9781634059756
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB466.U65 S43 2020
Online resources: Summary: "Academics, novelists, poets, and garden enthusiasts examine the legacy of immigrant and nurseryman Fujitaro Kubota, whose unique gardens transformed Seattle's regional landscape in the 20th century. A self-taught gardener, Kubota built a thriving landscape business, eventually assembling 20 acres in south Seattle that he shaped into a beautiful and enduring Japanese garden. Today, this public park serves one of Washington's most diverse zip codes. An innovator and artist, Kubota created the first "drive-through" garden to capitalize on America's love for the automobile. While incarcerated at Minidoka prison camp during World War II, Kubota also created a memorable garden in the desert. To Kubota, everything has spirit. Rocks and stones pulsed with life, he said, and that energy is still apparent in his gardens today. Photographs by Gemina Garland-Lewis and Nathan Wirth are interwoven with original poetry by Samuel Green, Claudia Castro-Luna, and others to make this a unique book where every page presents a different view of Kubota's garden."--Amazon.com.
List(s) this item appears in: Garden of Cultural Diversity
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Pacific Northwest Connections Collection SB466.U67 K83 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800186124
Non-lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Pacific Northwest Connections Collection SB466.U67 K83 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 39352800180309
Total holds: 0

Includes index.

"Academics, novelists, poets, and garden enthusiasts examine the legacy of immigrant and nurseryman Fujitaro Kubota, whose unique gardens transformed Seattle's regional landscape in the 20th century. A self-taught gardener, Kubota built a thriving landscape business, eventually assembling 20 acres in south Seattle that he shaped into a beautiful and enduring Japanese garden. Today, this public park serves one of Washington's most diverse zip codes. An innovator and artist, Kubota created the first "drive-through" garden to capitalize on America's love for the automobile. While incarcerated at Minidoka prison camp during World War II, Kubota also created a memorable garden in the desert. To Kubota, everything has spirit. Rocks and stones pulsed with life, he said, and that energy is still apparent in his gardens today. Photographs by Gemina Garland-Lewis and Nathan Wirth are interwoven with original poetry by Samuel Green, Claudia Castro-Luna, and others to make this a unique book where every page presents a different view of Kubota's garden."--Amazon.com.

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