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Title
Kanaye
Nagasawa
,
Luther
Burbank
, and
others
Type of object
Photograph, reproduction
Subject
Utopian colonies
Brotherhood of the New Life
Burbank, Luther
Isonaga, Hikosuke
Kagoshima 15
Kagoshima Fifteen
Nagasawa, Kanae
Nagasawa, Kanaye
Fountaingrove
Fountain Grove
Region
Sonoma County (California)
Notes
This photograph was created by the cataloger from negatives provided by John LeBaron. In 1984, Mr. LeBaron took photographs of photographs owned by Ko Ijichi, a relative of Kanaye Nagasawa.
Description
In the
back
row
, on the
far
right
is
Kanaye
Nagasawa
, an
influential
member
of the
Fountaingrove
community
.
Kanaye's
birth
name
was
Hikosuke
Isonaga
; he was
originally
from
Kagoshima
,
Japan
and of
samurai
ancestry
. As an
adolescent
, he was
one
of the '
Kagoshima
Fifteen,
' a
group
of
young
Japanese
that were
secretly
sent
abroad
to
study
Western
culture
in the
1860s
,
when
Japan
was
still
closed
to
Western
visitors
.
Nagasawa
moved
to
Santa
Rosa
with
Thomas
Lake
Harris
,
founder
of
Fountaingrove
.
While
here, he
expanded
upon
his
talents
as a
viticulturalist
by
producing
the '
Fountain
Grove
'
wine
label
.
Nagasawa
was
one
of the
first
Japanese
immigrants
to the
U.S
. and an
important
member
of the
Japanese
American
community
.
Seated
in the
middle
of the
front
row
is
Santa
Rosa's
famous
botanist
,
Luther
Burbank
.
Location ID
085-02-064
Source collection
Gaye LeBaron Collection
Digital collection
Gaye LeBaron Digital Collection
Repository
Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
Related resources
Fountaingrove - Photographs (Gaye LeBaron Collection file folder)
Fountaingrove - General (Gaye LeBaron Collection file folder)
Fountaingrove - History (Gaye LeBaron Collection file folder)
Copyright statement
http://library.sonoma.edu/lebaron/copyright.php
Digital reproduction
Reproduction of original document scanned at 400 dpi-Displayed in jpeg format at 400 dpi
Date digitized
2012
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