Portland Japanese Garden (Portland, Oregon)

Title: Portland Japanese Garden (Portland, Oregon)
LC Subject: Architecture, American Architecture--United States
Creator: Tono, Takuma
Creator Display: Takuma Tono (landscape architect, 1891-1987)
Description: This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View: general view
Temporal: 1960-1969
Work Type: landscape architecture open spaces gardens (open spaces) Japanese gardens
Latitude: 45.522567
Longitude: -122.706749
Location: Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States Oregon >> United States United States
Street Address: 611 Southwest Kingston Avenue
Date: 1963/1967
View Date: 2008-10
Identifier: pna_19592
Rights: In Copyright
Rights Holder: University of Oregon
Source: Gift of Edward H. Teague
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Building Oregon
Primary Set: Building Oregon
Is Part Of: Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)
Institution: University of Oregon
Citation: Portland Japanese Garden, http://www.japanesegarden.com
Note: Taukma Tono, head of the Landscape Architecture Department, Tokyo Agricultural University, was commissioned in 1963 to design the Japanse Garden. The Garden opened to the public in summer, 1967. The Kashintei Tea House, built in Japan, was rebuilt on its current site in 1968. The Service Center (Garden Gift Store) was built in 1994.