The Garden Path
Refashioning Beauty

September/October 2019

From the CEO
Steve Bloom

H A I KU

FROM THE CEO

TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S

3Moonviewing night
The world warms up

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Events Calendar
September – October

In a cup of sake
–Peter Kendall

Dear Members,
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Member News

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Garden News
Niwashi and Shamisen-sosha:
Preserving Multiple Artforms

Our upcoming Art in the Garden exhibition Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning
Beauty has me thinking about how looking back to tradition deeply inspires
our present moment.
Noritaka Tatehana will be showcasing his internationally renowned works
at Portland Japanese Garden starting next month. Refashioning Beauty showcases some of Tatehana’s most established pieces (including the ‘heel-lessshoes’ worn by Lady Gaga and Daphne Guinness), as well as pieces basedon the ‘scents and scenes’ of Japanese culture.

S E N I O R S TA F F
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Steve Bloom
DEPUTY DIRECTOR Cynthia Johnson Haruyama

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Culture & Education
Reflections: June’s Beginner Level Training Seminar
Guided by Nature: Fall Design Intensive

THE ARLENE SCHNITZER CURATOROF CULTURE, ART, AND EDUCATION
Aki Nakanishi
GARDEN CURATOR Sadafumi Uchiyama
CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER Lisa Christy

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Art in the Garden
Noritaka Tatehana: Refashioning Beauty

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Diane Freeman
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER Cheryl Ching
CHIEF ADVANCEMENT OFFICER Tom Cirillo

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Introducing: Phoenix Legacy Society

DIRECTOR OF RETAIL Ashley McQuade
DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES Mike Rego
CURATOR EMERITA Diane Durston

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Profile: Carla and Nora1

His many works are a result of his creative activities within the sphere ofvarious traditional crafts from throughout Japan. The wooden platform
clogs he designs, for instance, are reminiscent of those worn by the Oiran(Japanese courtesans) during Japan’s Edo period. Oiran have become thesource of inspiration for much of the work Tatehana creates.
I started thinking about the parts and elements of my past, the long-heldtraditions, which have shaped my work and life today. I imagine you havealso have long-held family or cultural traditions that influence your world.
We are all connected in this way.

BOA RD OF TRUSTEESPRESIDENT Robert Zagunis
PRESIDENT ELECT Drake Snodgrass

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Golden Crane Society

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Dorie Vollum
VICE PRESIDENTS Dr. Calvin Tanabe, Paul Schommer
TREASURER Doug de Weese

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Global Ambassadors & Annual FundCampaign for the Natural Garden Machiai

Photo Gallery
Summer Fun

I hope this exhibition can be a beautiful reminder of how traditional craft
and culture—the succession of skills handed down for generations—influences our contemporary world. When you visit and walk through Refashioning Beauty in the Garden’s Pavilion and Tanabe galleries, I hope you will
be as inspired as I am to embrace traditional aesthetics and will experience a deep appreciation for our past, present, and future.

SECRETARY Janelle Jimerson
MEMBERS
Trish Adams, Gwyneth Gamble Booth,
Ann Carter, Jimmy Crumpacker,
Dean M. Dordevic, Katherine Frandsen,
Jon Greeney, Bruce Guenther, Bill Hughes,
Martin Lotti, Lindley Morton, Darren Nakata,
Carol L. Otis M.D., Travers Hill Polak,
Cathy Rudd, Jeff WolfstoneF O U N D AT I O N B O A R D
CHAIR Greg Fitz-Gerald

Sincerely,

Steve Bloom
Chief Executive Officer
Portland Japanese Garden

PRESIDENT Steve Bloom

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Did You Know? Hokkaido...

VICE PRESIDENT Carmen Wong
SECRETARY/TREASURER Diane Freeman
MEMBERS
Trish Adams, Jimmy Crumpacker, Dede DeJager,
Joshua Husbands, James D. Lynch,
Allen Mercer, Dee Ross

T H E G A R D E N PAT H
FRONT COVER
BACK COVER

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Courtesy of NORITAKA TATEHANA / Photo by GION
Heinz Holzapfel
T H E G A R D E N PAT H

FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Email marketing@japanesegarden.org

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Christina Sjogren

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 20193

October

8/31 9/22

Exhibition: A Potter’s Eye:The Cummings
Collection of Japanese Ceramics

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Golden Crane Exhibition Preview:
Refashioning Beauty

4Geisha: Unraveling the Art and Mystery ($)

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Lecture by Noritaka Tatehana:
Crafting the Art of Japan’s Future ($)

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Ikebana Demonstration, Pam Rilley

10/512/1

Art in the Garden: Noritaka Tatehana:Refashioning Beauty

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Extended Photographer Member Hours

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Shamisen Performance, Takohachi

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Koto Concert, Sawai Koto School

13-15

O-Tsukimi, The Moonviewing Festival ($)

5-6

Textile Display & Lecture

13-15

Origami Art Display, artists from
Origami USA

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Member Exhibition Exclusive:
Refashioning Beauty

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Ceramic Demonstration, Stephen Mickey

12-13

Ikebana Exhibition: Ryuseiha School

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Temari Presentation, Steven Bowe

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Extended Member Hours

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Tea Ceremony with George Cummings

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Koto, Shamisen, & Vocal Concert, with
Kotorito Ensemble

16-27

Waza to Kokoro Seminar ($)

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Chado, the Way of Tea

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Calligraphy Demonstration,
Kihachiro Nishiura

19-20

Ikebana Exhibition: Ikebana International

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Chado, the Way of Tea

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Extended Photographer Member Hours

21-22

Go Tournament and Presentation20

Ikebana Demonstration, Nana Bellerud

28-29

Ikebana Exhibition: Ohara Portland School

22-24

With an Eye Towards Nature:
A Japanese Garden Design Intensive ($)

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Ikebana Demonstration, Carolyn Alter

26-27

Ikebana Exhibition: Sogetsu School

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Ikebana Demonstration, Nana Bellerud

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Extended Photographer Member Hours($) = Tickets required
All other events are free with admission

MEMBER NEWSEVENTS

September

Jonathan Ley

Mark Your Calendar:
Wine Tasting with Torii Mor

Member Tour: Japan –Land of Living Traditions

Join us for an evening of wine tasting with Torii Mor
Winery, the official winery of Portland Japanese
Garden. At this special tasting created for the
Garden, we will explore the art of pairing wines withJapanese cuisine.

May 8 – 17, 2020
Hiroshima, Okayama, & Kyoto, Japan

Golden Crane Tickets go on sale October 2nd
Member Tickets go on sale October 9th

Reservations open September 25th for Members.

Return to Winter Hours –October 1
Monday: Noon-4pm
Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-4pm
Member hours remain Tuesday-Sunday 8am-10am

R ECU R R I NG CU LT U R A L C OR N E R D E M ON S T R AT I ON S
I N T H E CAT H Y RU DD CU LT U R A L C OR N E R
Sponsored by Dossier Hotel
Tea Ceremony: September 1, 11, 18, 25, 28; October 2, 6, 12, 16, 30.
Bonsai: September 2, 26, 30; October 7, 13, 21, 28.
Koto: September 7, 8, 27; October 5, 26.

All events are subject to change based on the availability of our wonderful volunteers.
Please check japanesegarden.org/events or call 503-542-0280 to confirm these events.
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T H E G A R D E N PAT H

Members are invited to join the Garden’s specially curated tour ofJapan next spring. For nine days in May of 2020, our small group of
16, accompanied by an English-speaking Japanese guide, will explore
sites and cities in Japan, with a focus on gardens, culture, and history.

Tour Price:
Double Occupancy: $7,770*
Single Occupancy: $12,170** Price per person includes a $300 donation to the Garden.
Airfare is not included.
A non-refundable $1,000 deposit per person is due at time of booking.

O-Tsukimi,
The Moonviewing Festival

Find more details about the itinerary and registration instructions atjapanesegarden.org/japantour2020

September 13, 14, & 15

Questions? Contact membership@japanesegarden.org

Celebrate the beautiful autumn festival with a walkthrough the lantern-lit garden, a quiet tea ceremony,
tasty food and drink, traditional Japanese music,
and the joy of watching the full moon rise in viewof Mount Hood. Thank you to our sponsors: Afuri,
Presenting Sponsor; Snow Peak; Joto Sake; Sapporo
Beer, The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co.

As an extra benefit to coincide with the autumnal beauty of the
Garden in October, we will have many of our traditional lanterns
lit for Extended Photographer Member Hours on October 30th.

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2019

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GARDEN NEWS“He [Steve Bloom] believes Japanese gardens and oursociety are connected. I feel it too. At Portland Japanese
Garden, there are such good people with a passion forJapanese culture,” said Hosono. “We have to get a wide
field of view of each other’s cultures and backgrounds.”“It’s about creating relationship between
nature and humans—nature and humans
living together, just like agriculture,”
he said.
Sifting through a year’s worth of drawings,
photos, and research interviews will not be
an easy task. His biggest take-away, Hosono
said, is something Sada often tells others,
and a sentiment Hosono holds closely:

Hosono is a man with double professions: a master gardener (niwashi) and a master shamisen player. Shamisen
is a traditional instrument somewhat resembling abanjo. Hosono started shamisen training at 16-yearsold and has received national acclaim in Japan for hismusical performances.

“To create a relationship between humans
and nature, we must know the world, people, their culture, and what they value. A
Japanese garden should not be in a glasscase. We must use it, teach it to grow, andthen grow from it ourselves. That’s the true
meaning of preservation, I think.”

When Portland Japanese Garden’s 50th Anniversarygala was approaching, Steve Bloom remembered Hosono’s incredible talent and asked him to play shamisen
at the Garden.

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Kazutaka “Kazu” Fukui (Hosono’s stage name) performed the first ever solo shamisen performance at
the Garden’s new Cathy Rudd Cultural Corner. Then,
another introduction: while in Portland, Hosono met
Garden Curator, Sadafumi “Sada” Uchiyama, whom hesays he instantly admired.
With Sada’s encouragement, Hosono applied for andreceived a scholarship from the Japanese government
to do a garden fellowship at Portland Japanese Garden.

Niwashi and Shamisen-sosha:
Preserving Multiple Artforms“I am interested in the interaction between people and
the Garden,” said Hosono. “The word ‘biocultural’ is afairly new word, but biology and culture are connected.
A Japanese garden is biology and culture. ‘LandscapeArchitecture’ is just too broad. Biocultural is better.”

The path to Portland for one Japanese gardener began more than ten years
ago, while he was working toward a master’s degree in landscape architecture
at Tokyo University of Agriculture.

This past year, Hosono worked with Portland Japanese Garden’s team doing day-to-day gardening work,
interviewing staff members, and doing Japanese garden
research, as well as participating in the Waza to Kokoro:
Hands and Heart training seminar, a series of training
seminars designed to serve professionals in garden
design, construction, and maintenance.

Tatsuya Hosono was interested in what one of the speakers visiting his university had to say about the philosophy behind Japanese gardens. That speaker,
Portland Japanese Garden CEO Steve Bloom, was on his first sabbatical in
Japan talking to students about the ideals of Japanese gardens and why oursociety needs them. Hosono was fascinated.

Simultaneously, Hosono delighted Garden employees
and guests while performing shamisen on multiple
occasions. Once home from his fellowship, Hosono will
put together a report of his learnings for the Japanese
Agency for Cultural Affairs.

You never know the path a simple introduction will lead to.

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Kristin Faurest
T H E G A R D E N PAT H

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Tatsuya playing Shamisen – by Masami Morikawa
Tatsuya with Portland Japanese Garden CEO
Steve Bloom – courtesy of Tatsuya Hosono

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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 20197

C U L T U R E & E D U C AT I O N

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Guided by Nature:2

Reflections:
June's Beginner Level
Training Seminar"I am truly thankful. Our instructors
were just outstanding — I feel weonly scraped the surface of all of
everyone's knowledge. So far eachday at work I've been able to utilize
my new skills and perspective."—CHRISTINE MOON,
Landscape Contractor, Corvallis, OR

In June the International Japanese Garden Training Center welcomed Christine Moon and 17 other accomplished landscape professionals from
Honduras, Costa Rica, the U.K., Canada, andacross the U.S. to the Waza to Kokoro: Hands andHeart beginner-level training seminar in Japanesegarden arts. Our visiting instructor, facilitated by
the Garden Society of Japan, was Masao Sone of
Kyoto’s Sone Zoen Co. Ltd. of Kyoto.
Through 60 hours of instruction the group took
part in activities from sketching in the Garden
to moving rock at Smith Rock Inc. to hearing
lectures about aesthetics to taking part in tea
ceremony. But throughout that rigorous learning
experience there was always one true goal: toteach the connections that a garden can makebetween humans and nature. If our seminar
participants use what they learned to create
and care for spaces that give people that unmistakable experience of joy, groundedness, andwholeness of mind and spirit that come fromliving as a part of nature, we will have fulfilled
our purpose.

Through readings, tours, lectures, and design
exercises, instructors will put traditional Japanese use of nature’s design principles in both
historical perspective and contemporary context
as a tool for making meaningful spaces connecting people to nature. The course will utilize boththe traditional and the new spaces in Portland
Japanese Garden as well as the natural landscapeof the Columbia Gorge for an immersive learning experience in designing with nature. A final
studio design assignment allows participants tosynthesize knowledge gained during the course.

We hope our fifth seminar group since its startin 2016 will continue to embody the Buddhist
concept of shoshin (beginner’s mind) and have anappetite for learning that never ceases.

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Kristin Faurest
T H E G A R D E N PAT H

We look forward to welcoming our intermediate-level participants September 16 and in the
coming weeks will announce our 2020 seminarschedule on japanesegarden.org/thecenter.

Fall Design Intensive

In October the Garden’s International Japanese
Garden Training Center presents “With an eye
towards nature: A Japanese garden design intensive,”a three-day intensive course for design professionals taking place at Portland Japanese Garden
and offsite venues with Garden staff serving as
instructors. Featuring a total of 25 hours of theoretical and hands-on training in the Japaneseapproach to designing in harmony with natureand its modern application, this unique course
was created for landscape architects, landscapedesigners, architects, and members of the related
design professions.

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Kristin Faurest
Don Schwartz

W I T H A N E Y E TOWA R D S N AT U R E :A JA PA N E S E G A R DE N DE S I G N I N T E N S I V E
October 22 – 24, 2019
More info at japanesegarden.org/designintensive
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A RT I N T H E GA R DE N
4 Heel-less ShoesE X H I BI T I ON E V E N T S
G OLDE N C R A N E OP E N I NG R EC E P T I ON
Oct 4 / 4:30 pm - Preview
Oct 4/ 5:30 pm - 8 pm - Reception
M E M BE R E X H I BI T I ON E XC LUS I V E
October 12 / 8am – 10am
1 Void Sculpture Series

3 Hairpin Series

2came before them. Rather than shun the seemingly restrictive artistic traditions of Japanese art
and craft, Tatehana embraces them by sampling,altering, and repackaging traditional symbols tocreate dynamic works of art for the global now.

Noritaka Tatehana:

NOR I TA K A TAT E H A N A : C R A F T I NG T H E
A RT OF JA PA N ’S F U T U R E
Lecture by the Artist
October 5 / 5pm

Refashioning Beauty
October 5 - December 1
Pavilion Gallery & Tanabe Gallery

Portland Japanese Garden presents the art of
Noritaka Tatehana in his first-ever North American solo exhibition. Installed in the Pavilion andTanabe Galleries, Tatehana enchants throughhis use of traditional symbols of sophistication
and beauty with the inclusion of new, never-before-seen works of art created especially for thisexhibition. Co-curated by the Garden’s Curator of Art, Laura J. Mueller, PhD and Christina
Cacouris, a journalist and curator based in New
York City, the exhibition showcases Tatehana’s
sculptural and two-dimensional works of art anddesign that are created by employing the mostrefined Japanese craftsmanship, reimagining thetimeless appeal of these celebrated symbols forcontemporary audiences.

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T H E G A R D E N PAT H

Japan’s art history is long and distinguishedwith varied richness and celebrated traditionsof form, design, and craftsmanship. Most often,
Japanese art centers around a deep understanding and respect of nature and natural beauty
in both subject and materiality. But, along withthe well-respected, artistic traditions of Japan,
overwhelming feelings of constraint can burden
a contemporary artist tied to its legacy. Artists
can feel trapped by the weight of history andtradition. As visual and cultural experience has
become truly global, cultural and geographic
distinctions have become blurred, often losing
distinct significance and meaning. This environment allows artists to willfully break fromthe constraints of art historical narratives that

Appropriating traditional signs of Japaneseelegance and refinement, Tatehana removes
these signs from their original historical context
of past centuries and amplifies their symbolic
meaning in his art. In Heel-less Shoes, the raised
platform sandals (denoting the highest-level
courtesans) are removed from the cobble pathways of the Yoshiwara entertainment districtof the 18th and 19th centuries and refashioned
to grace the feet of current society’s most fashion-forward celebrities like Lady Gaga andDaphne Guinness. In Hairpin Series, the elaborate
lacquered hairpins used in the coiffures of themost refined geisha entertainers of Kyoto’s Gion

district are recreated as monumental 3-dimensional forms that embody elevated status andaccomplishment while removing any possibilityof utilitarian purpose. And in Void Sculpture Series,
the exquisitely crafted sword blades of the samurai are removed from their poetically violent
potential to create sculptural works of the most
captivating beauty and exquisite craftsmanship.
The success of Tatehana’s art and design comesthrough recognition of these long-held symbols
that epitomize celebrated craftsmanship and histhoughtful refashioning of his output for contemporary appreciation.
Presenting Sponsors: Arlene Schnitzer & Jordan
Schnitzer. Additional support provided by the Regional
Arts & Culture Council; the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles; and Yamato Transport U.S.A., Inc.
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Previously known as Golden Crane Legacy Society, the Phoenix Legacy Society
is our way of recognizing the thoughtful consideration and enduring generosity of our supporters who have included a gift to Portland Japanese Garden in
their estate plans.
Members receive invitations to Golden Crane Society receptions, as well as tospecial events exclusively for the Phoenix Legacy Society. If you have alreadyplanned an estate gift, please let us know so we can recognize you as a member.
If you would like to learn more about estate planning and join the Phoenix Legacy Society,please reach out to Matthew Maas at 503-542-9301.

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Giving Back:
Members of the Phoenix Legacy Society have named the Garden as the ultimate beneficiary of a planned
gift. We are grateful to the following people for letting us know of their plans to support the Garden in thisenduring way. Legacy Society members receive invitations to special events and receptions.
Esther "Ricky" Appleman
Carole Beauclerk
Barbara Bell
Diane Benjamin
Melanie Billings-Yun
Steve Bloom
Michael Blankenship
Judy Bradley & Dave Mitchell
Susan C. Brown
Heida & Don Bruce
Carla Caesar & Nora King
Mora Chartrand & Linda Grant
Mary DicksonDavid & Nancy DowellMrs. Margueritte H. Drake
Elaine West Durst
Yoko Fukuta
Ms. Susan Halton
John Hembroff & Shari Macdonald
Jenny & Ron Herman
Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei
Albert Horn
Ann & Jerry Hudson
Mary Kay Johnson
Elizabeth M. King
Valerie Lau
Ron & Polly Wall Lauser
John & Lisa Lehman

Linda & Don McNeill
Jeannie & Ron Prindle
Wayne M. Quimby& Michael Roberts Quimby
Gary & Sue Reynolds
W. Curtis Schade& Jacquie Siewert-SchadeRichard C. Stetson, Jr.
Ernie Stoddard
Ann & John SymonsDrs. Calvin and Mayho Tanabe
Carmen Wong
And those who wish to remain
anonymous (3)We are grateful to the following individuals and families for their generous bequests and estate gifts
to the Garden.
Nancy Beamer
Clarence Bobbe
Barbara Cyrus
Stanley L. Davis Trust
Bill Findlay
Robert W. Franz
John R. Gatewood
Barbara W. Gomez TrustHeinz Holzapfel
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T H E G A R D E N PAT H

Estate of Stanley W. Greenhalgh
Elizabeth Ann Hinds
Jerry G. Jones TrustNoel Jordan
Estate of James Kesler
Duke Mankertz
Beverly Merrill
Jack O. Rickli

Jeaneatta Sautter
Robert & Marilyn Schuberg
Lawrence L. Secor
The James W. Skog Trust
Toya Family Trust: George, Sonoya,
Georgene, & EvelynDavid E. Wedge Trust
Constance Weimer

Carla and Nora
Carla Caesar and Nora King became membersof Portland Japanese Garden in 2002, before
they even lived in Portland. A few years later,
they made Portland their home and got more
involved: becoming volunteers, engaging inlearning opportunities at the Garden, andbeing part of our recent expansion through the
Cultural Crossing Campaign. They also madethe decision over a decade ago to include theGarden as a beneficiary of their estate.

Tribute Gifts& Donations

IN HONOR OF
BAO #2 FOR ERIC
& ANNA CHOW-HUTTEL

Anonymous
Memorials and Honoraria
5/16/2019 - 7/15/2019

IN HONOR OF
P O L LY L A U S E R

Ronna Hoffman

Thank you Carla (left) and Nora (right) for being a partof the Garden’s present, as well as its future!

When asked what inspired them to join the
Phoenix Legacy Society, Carla and Nora said,“the Garden gives us the kind of serenity that isdifficult to find in today’s world.”
They elaborated on the goal of their planned
gift, “to ensure future generations will visit, enjoy and connect with such a serene place filledwith incredible natural beauty. We wanted togive back to a place that has given us so much.”

IN HONOR OFRONNA HOFFMAN

IN MEMORY OF
J U N E M O R I YA S UCarl Gregory

Kyoko Moriyasu
Saya Moriyasu
Tamae Moriyasu
Teriko Moriyasu
Will Muller

IN MEMORY OF
J O H N C H A R LT O N

Joan Strand

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SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2019

Peter Friedman
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Cumulative giving to the Annual
Fund from July 16, 2018
through July 15, 2019

P L AT I N U M C I R C L E$100,000 AND ABOVEFOUNDER’S CIRCLE$5,000-$9,999

PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE$2,500-$4,999

Institute of Museum andLibrary Services

Ruth Anderson & Michael Beebe
Jean & Ray Auel
Bank of America
BEAST/Expatriate
Martha & Anthony Belluschi
Steve Bloom
Gwyneth Gamble Booth
Elizabeth "Ibby" Brooke
Mora Chartrand & Linda Grant
Dede & Joe DeJager
Devil's Food Catering
Takao Donuma
Mrs. Margueritte H. Drake & the
Margueritte Hirschbuhl Drake Fund,
Oregon Community Foundation
Diane Durston & Stephen Futscher
ESCO Foundation
F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation
Jeanne Giordano
Graphic Arts Building LLC
Margaret and Thom Hacker
Susan & Tom Hamman
Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei
Hokusei North America
The Hotel Zags
Allan Karsk and Keith Berglund
The Samuel S. Johnson Foundation
Kay Kitagawa & Andy Johnson-Laird
Dorothy Lemelson
Martin Lotti & Linda Mai-Lotti
Mark Spencer Hotel
Lani McGregor & Daniel Schwoerer
Kelly & Steve McLeod
Janet & Tom Montag
Moonstruck Chocolate Company
Widney & Glenn Moore
Lindley Morton & Corinne Oishi
Chef Naoko
Mrs. Hester H. Nau & Leslie Willhite
Noraneko
Northwest BankNW Natural Gas Co.
Omomuki Foundation
The Party PlacePort of Portland
Portland Roasting Coffee
Jennifer & Charles Putney
Wayne M. Quimby &Michael Roberts-Quimby
Regional Arts & Culture Council
Marge Riley Fund,
Oregon Community Foundation
Trudy & Pat Ritz,
Ritz Family Foundation
Cathy & Jim Rudd
Dori Schnitzer, Susan Schnitzer,
Jeanne Schnitzer Marks, and theMildred and Morris Schnitzer
Charitable Fund, OregonCommunity Foundation
The Standard
Drs. Mayho & Calvin Tanabe
Treecology, Inc.
Susan & John Turner
Don Vallaster
Vanguard Charitable

Trish Adams, in memory of Robert &Ethel Csakany
Mrs. Suzanne Storms Berselli &Dr. Robert Berselli
Bokksu, Inc.
Mary Lee Boklund
Richard Louis Brown & Thomas Mark
Susan C. Brown
Barbara & Worth Caldwell
Will Carter & Jeff Miller
Kathryn & John CochranAnne & James Crumpacker
Cameron & Dick Davis
Douglas H. de Weese
Marilyn Easly, in memory ofDavid Easly
John Einarsen
Sandra F. & Wayne R. Ericksen
Geffen Mesher
Barbara Giesy
Peter & Mim Gray
Sandra & Jeffrey Grubb
Ms. Susan Halton &the Halton Foundation
Cynthia & Andrew Haruyama
Robert Hogfoss
Ann & Jerry Hudson
Hank & Judy Hummelt
Tatsuo Ito & Kohgetsu Aoki
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
The Jasmine Pearl Tea Company
Salena Johnson
Mary & William David Jones
Marc Peter Keane
Peter J. Kendall
Catherine and John Knox
Donna & David Lieberman, in memoryof Tomomi & Mariko Ando
Doug & Theresa Lovett
James D. Lynch & Robby Cunningham
Susan & Peter Lynn
Curtis W. Marble
Masa & Associates, Inc.
Allen Mercer and Helen Angelica Wong
Masa Mizuno
Thomas Mock & Michael Flanagin
Multnomah Whisk{e}y Library
Oregon Jewish Community Foundation
Carol L. Otis MD & Roger Goldingay
The Paramount Hotel
Park Lane Suites & Inn
Shirley & David Pollock
Susan & Michael Rego
Sue & Gary W. Reynolds
Susan Schnitzer & Greg Goodman
Paul & Caitlin Schommer
Schwab Charitable Fund
Steven H. Smith & Dennis C. Johnson
Bonnie Pomeroy Stern
Ernie Stoddard
Tonkon Torp
Priscilla Bernard Wieden & Dan Wieden
Susan & Jim H. Winkler
Carmen Wong & Arjun Chatrath
And those who wish to remain
anonymous (1)GOLD CIRCLE$50,000 AND ABOVE
Delta Air Lines
Arlene Schnitzer & Jordan Schnitzer
S I LV E R C I R C L E$25,000-$49,999
Cambia Health Solutions
Sandra Chandler & Chris Schaefer
Dossier Hotel
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Marilyn McIver
Tamae, Kyoko, Teriko, & Saya Moriyasu
in Memory of Soju & June Moriyasu
Oregon Venture Fund
Torii Mor Winery & Vineyard
Robert & Deborah Zagunis
BRONZE CIRCLE$10,000-$24,999
Carole Alexander
American Endowment
Foundation Benevity
Bamboo Sushi
Chita Becker
Jack B. Blumberg
Brown Printing Inc.
George Cummings
Kathi & Dean Dordevic
Susan & Greg Fitz-Gerald
Katherine & Mark Frandsen
Yoko Fukuta
William G. Gilmore Foundation
GoogleJenny Herman
Hoffman Construction
Joto Sake
Gail & Fred Jubitz
Dinah & Robert McCall
Nike
Oregon Community Foundation
Patterson Nursery Sales, Inc.
PGE Foundation
Dorothy Piacentini
Travers & Vasek Polak
Arlene Schnitzer
Siletz Tribal Charitable
Contribution Fund
Smith Rock, Inc.
Dorie and Larry Vollum and the Jean
Vollum Fund of the Vanguard
Charitable Endowment
Fran & John von Schlegell
And those who wish to remain
anonymous (2)James Florio

GARDENER’S CIRCLE$1,500-$2,499
Acorn Fund, Oregon Community
Foundation
A-dec, Inc.
Roudabeh Akhavein
Susan & Dean N. Alterman
K. Andreasen
George K. Austin
Julieann & Alan Barker
Irene & Jerome Barr
Karen L. Benson
Patsy Crayton Berner
Broughton & Mary Bishop Foundation
Cindy & Bruce Brenn
Evona Brim
Michiko Broome, in memory of
Seizaemon and Mitsue Fukunish
Heida & Don Bruce
Bullard Law
Bullseye Glass Co.
Diane & James Burke
Ann C. Carter & Thomas P. Palmer
Candy Cassarno
Thomas Cirillo & Aaron White
Truman Collins
The Collins Foundation
Columbia Sportswear
Compass Oncology
Nancy Connery
Paula Deitz
Mary Dickson

Kristen A. Dozono
Drake's 7 Dees
Julie & Wayne Drinkward
Gail Durham & E Benno Philippson
Janet & Michael Ellena
Lauren Eulau & Paul Schneider
Mary E. Fellows & John W. Russell
Diane Field & Richard Williams
Flowerree Foundation
Doyle Forister & Gary Sheldon
Carol Frankel
Diane & Gary Freeman
Global Incentive GroupAnn Goetcheus
Bruce Guenther &Eduardo A. Vides, M.D.
Selena Horn & Christopher Hall
Hasegawa Kogyo in honor of
Yasumasa Hasegawa
Merle & Andrew Hashimoto
Demi Haffenreffer & Jay A. Henry
Wendy Hasuike
Flora J. Henningsen
Helen Herman
Philip Hoefer
Lynn M. Hoffman
Mary & Gordon Hoffman
Mrs. Ronna Hoffman
Elizabeth Hulick & Mark Handley
Kerstin & Joshua Husbands
The Jackson Foundation
John & Janet Jay
Janelle & Lee Jimerson

Keen Inc.
Aase Kendall
Jane R. Kendall Family Fund,
Oregon Community Foundation
Caroline Kerl & Bill Lunch
Selby & Douglas Key
Elizabeth M. KingJohn A. Kodachi, PC
Michiko Kornhauser
Hoichi Kurisu
Nikki & Yoshio Kurosaki and theKurosaki Family Fund, Oregon
Jewish Community Foundation
Bonnie Laun
Ross M. Lienhart, Edward Lienhart
Family Foundation
Joyce & Stanley Loeb
Gregg Macy & Eric Steinhauser
saRah Mahler
Lisa & Richard Mann
Maruyama Nori Co., Ltd.
Anna & Van Mason
Maryellen & Michael McCulloch
Erin Moeschler & Robb Rathe
Linda Montgomery
Darren & Casey Nakata
Chris & Tom Neilsen
Kihachiro Nishiura & Tomoe Horibuchi
Paul D. O'Brien
PAE Engineers
Piper A. Park, The Park Foundation
Marianne Perrin
Marilyn Ross Podemski

Mary & Alex Polson
PosterGarden
Lee & Ronald Ragen
William F. Rasnake
Russell & Mary Reid
Pat Reser
Nancy L. Richmond &William A. Hughes
Ann Roberts
Cheryl "Charlie" & Rod Rogers
Christopher Ruggles
Sapporo Brewing USA
Valerie Sasaki
Patricia O. Schleuning
Yoshiaki Shimizu & Mary E. Hirsh
Peter Shinbach
B.J. & Forrest Simmons
Lynn & Drake Snodgrass
Susan & Donald Spencer
Andrée Stevens
Trang & David Swanson Sr.
Caroline & Charles J. Swindells
Julia Tank & James Prihoda
Rebecca & Russell Teasdale
Rena & Cheryl Tonkin
Dawn & Sadafumi Uchiyama
US-J Connect, Inc.
Anthony Van Ho, MD &Forrest Davidson III, PhD
David Willis
Lynn and Jeffrey Wolfstone
Joji Yoshimura & Michael Kronstadt

Ray Pfortner
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GlobalAmbassadors
Including our Global Ambassador Members, Sponsors of our 2014 New York
Launch Event, and Donors contributing $500 in the past 12 months and residing
more than 120 miles from Portland, Oregon.
59 Creative Ink
Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc
Christine and Jerry Baker
Capt. David G. & Carolyn Berry Wilson
Susan C. Brown
Darrell & Marilyn Brownawell
Dr. Mary Jo Buckingham& Paul D. Fitzpatrick
Kathryn Campbell
Candy Cassarno
Nancy Connery
David H. Corry
Susan Cummins
Lynn A. Cyert & Russell Westbrook Jr.
Daiwa Lease Co., Ltd.
Peggy & Dick Danziger
Paula Deitz
Delta Air Lines
Lawrence & Sarah Eppenbach
Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.
Steve & Peggy Garber
George Nakashima Woodworking, S.A.
William G. Gilmore Foundation
Lisa Gimmy Landscape Architecture
Jeanne Giordano
GoogleJustine Halliday
Tom & Susan Hamman
Hasegawa Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Flora J. & Anker P. Henningsen
Jenny Herman
Irene Hirano-Inouye
Geoffrey Hoefer & Thomas Wei
Itogumi Co., Ltd.
The Japan Foundation
The Japan Foundation,
Center for Global Partnership
William David & Mary Jones
Joto Sake
Amy S. Katoh
Scot Kellar
Tracy & Chris Keys
Komatsu Seiren Co., Ltd.
Patricia T. Leiser & Gary Leiser
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund
Curtis W. Marble
Kelly & Steve McLeod
Richard Milgrim
Yoshiaki Mizumoto
Janet & Tom Montag
Nakamura Sotoji Komuten
Scott & Connie Neish

Annual Fund
DonationsContributions received
5/16/2019 - 7/15/2019

Jordan Allen
American Endowment
Foundation Benevity
Gail Bradley
Anne and Terry Carter, MD
George Caspar & Mary Hanigan
Tim & Lisa Christy
David & Helen Clement
Cynthia & Gary Crose
Daniel & Leah Frye
Marla GardnerAnnie Gilbert
GoogleMr. & Mrs. Frank Halvorsen
T. R. Hamachek

IBM Corporation Matching
Grants Program
Dan Impens
P. Sandra Kadyk
Mary Z. Mead
Takahiko Mizusawa
Linda Montgomery
Network for Good
Joleen Ong
Oregon Community Foundation
Barry Pack
Donna M. Pierleoni
Jane & David Pollock
Jim Proske
Melanie & Darrell Quick

Alan, Gwen, Avery & Ashton Niemann
Rikki Ninomiya
NPO Greenwave
Omomuki Foundation
Kathy Pike
David & Jane Pollock
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Diane Pyles
Karen & Jeffrey Robson
Catherine & Taisuke Sasanuma
Jeanne Schnitzer MarksHenry Sidel
David & Abigail Snoddy
Sony Electronics
Erik & Cornelia Thomsen
L. D. Tisdale & Patricia A. Tisdale
Yuki Wada & Michael Thompson
Torii Mor Winery & Vineyard
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
Mary & James G. Wallach Foundation
Mary Wallach
UniqloAnd those who wish to remain
anonymous (2)Tyler Quinn
Suzanne Rague
Howard RubensteinDavid Sapoznikow
Dr. Rick Simpson
Evelyn M. Thomas
TRUiST
US Bank Foundation
Adam Whitney
Christina Woodbridge
Suzanne Zarling
And those who wish to remain
anonymous (1)Dina Avila

Campaign for the
Natural Garden Machiai

Gifts received throughJuly 31, 2019

We wish to thank the following individuals for their special gifts to the Garden
for our renewal of the Natural Garden machiai in 2020. With the generous
contributions of these donors we reached our fundraising goal for the project!
Nikolas Ackerman
Roudabeh Akhavein
Bruce & Carolyn Alter
Dr. & Mrs. Warren Anderson
Melissa & Brandon Baker
Andrea Bakos
Valerie Becker
Rene & Michael Berndt
Patsy Crayton Berner
Randy Boehm
Larry Bruton
Sharon Buck
Zane & Karol Buxton
Carla Caesar & Nora King
Elizabeth Carnes
Mora Chartrand & Linda Grant
Stephen G. Chipps
Michael Claassen
Taryn Clouse
Kathryn & John CochranJohn Mike Cohen
Thomas & Sherry D. Cook
Deborah Coonan
Michael Cordova
Juliane Cross
Cut No Corners Painting
Arthur & Winnifred Danner
Terri L. De Ment
Debra Dean
Dede & Joe DeJager
Dennis Deming & Corky CortrightDavid DeMoss & Geoff Wren
Dan Dingfield
Gentry Dinsmore
Stephen Dixon
Mrs. Margueritte H. Drake and the
Margueritte Hirschbuhl Drake Fund,
Oregon Community Foundation
William & Cornelia Drevescraft
Bart Duell & Kathi Ross
Corinne Dumas
Janet & Stephen Dunn
Gail Durham & E Benno Philippson
Cecilia A. Eng & Andrew Nisbet III
Elisa Firth
Doyle Forister & Gary Sheldon
Jon E. Frew
Patricia Fromm

Susan B. Gabay
Joyce Gee
Barbara J. Geiger
Terry & Florence Gerlach
Kate & Carl GiavantiSusan Giese
Wayne Gilbert
David Giulietti
Melissa E. & Robert GoodNathan Grant
Peter & Mim Gray
Lance Gyldenege
Construction Company
Paul Hahn
Jonathan Haley
Paul Hanau & Valerie Underwood
Frances Hanckel & Anora Tracy
Jon M. Hanifin
Mark Haubrich & Cathy Fakler
Nikki Hayes
Janet Heineck
Flora J. Henningsen
Kae Hensey
Marilyn Higginson
Gaynor Hills
Blair Holbrook
David C. Holman
Susan & Ken Hornung
Mr. & Mrs. Horstkotte
Yilun Huang
Judy Immesoete
Atsuko Ishihara
Lois B. Jackson
Martyn James
Mary Anne Joyce
Steven C. Kallio
Marianne Kandel
Leatrice Kaplan
Steven T. Karker
Edward & Grace Kawasaki
Steven Kazmierczak
Melanie & Tom Kemper
Aase Kendall
Peter J. Kendall
Nancy G. Kennaway
Judy & Al Kenning
Caroline Kerl & Bill Lunch
Elizabeth M. King

Rosemary KingJack & Phyllis Kirkwood
Lorrie Knowles
Richard Konrad
Diane Koopman
Michiko Kornhauser
Ann V. Kyrke
Jody Lasky
Valerie Lau
Steven Law
Michael Lester
Karen & Donald Livingstone
Alan Locklear & Marie Valleroy
Curtis W. Marble
Joy Lynne Markham
Jeff Marks
Cheryl Marlene
Louisa & Standish McCleary
Catherine McCusker
Lani McGregor & Daniel Schwoerer
Marjorie Mclaughlin
Jill McLean
Linda McNeill
Mr. Louis R. Miles
Jeff Mills
Masa Mizuno
Paula J. Morrow
Linda Muggli
Terry Nakamura
Linda Nelson
Elizabeth Noyes
Jennifer Oehme
Donna Ogden
Allan & Madeline Olson
Kent Osborne
Carol L. Otis MD & Roger Goldingay
Barry Pack
Marcus Pakiser
Patti Parker
Ronald W. Petersen
Dorothy Piacentini
Frank Pisani
Dorothy Plummer
Travers & Vasek PolakJane & David Pollock
Leslie C. & Wallace L. Rainey
P. Redman
Gary & Sue Reynolds

Grace Richter
Martin Ricks
Dianne Rodway
Fern Rollin
Charlotte A. Rubin
Christopher Ruggles
William D. Rutherford
Anne Samson
Larry & Barbara Sanders
Laura Schlafly
Matt Sharkey
Charles R. Sheldon
Linda Shelk
Jeffrey D. Sher
Gwen & Alan Shusterman
Ted & Arlette Sieckman
Sylvia Skarstad
Ken Slickers
Arlene Smedley
Susan Smith
Jessica St John
Hannah Steelman
Joseph Sventek
Ann Taguchi
Natsuko Takahashi
Junko Thieme
Doris Threloff
Hiroki Tsurumi
Laurie Turney
Stephen J. Urion
Lawrence Varney
Nancy D. Vartanian
jan Waldmann
Suwako Watanabe
Neil A. Watanabe
James K. & Jenny L. Watson
Lynne Wehrman
Daniel Weiss
Bart & Karin Whalen
Stephen White
Ron Widmar
Kent Wilson
Susan & Jim H. Winkler
Jack Witt
Yume Confections
And those who wish to remain
anonymous (22)Roman Johnston
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Sadafumi Uchiyama (Garden Curator) and
Aki Nakanishi (Arlene Schnitzer Curator ofCulture, Art, and Education) give a private
Garden tour to guests of July’s whisky

1tasting event.
5

At opening weekend for Forest of Dreams,
native people of northern Japan and thePacific Northwest came together to shareart, friendship, and stories

1

6Children try out origami at May’s
Children’s Day Festival
5

Summer Fun

6
1

Together at the Golden Crane Annual Reception:
Robert Zagunis; Adena Long; Heather McCarey;
Lisa Christy; Steve Bloom; Dorie Vollum;
Bill Hughes.
2

Seiichi Koshimizu (of Suntory) and Naomi
Pomeroy (of BEAST / Expatriate) entertain
questions at the July whisky event2
3

3

Guests share a story at July’s Golden Crane
Annual Reception

1, 3
2, 4
5

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Peter Friedman
Nina Johnson
Jonathan Ley
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DI D YO U K NOW ? H OK K A I D O. . .
Hokkaido is well-known for delicious food. Given its latitude, low-population, mountains, fresh
water and cold sea, it produces many wonderful delights. Hokkaido dairy is well-known; milk,butter, and yogurt throughout Japan are marked with 北海道 as a sign of quality. Chocolate too.
Seafood from the cold seas, especially crab. And corn. Hokkaido ramen brings together someof these local ingredients--fresh egg with local butter and corn--for a scrumptious variation!

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