(1) Among these people, Isamu Kenmochi (1912-1971) had the most impact in Japanese postwar design after these experiments in functionalism. He associated with Isamu Noguchi and the Eames couple. He coined the term "Japanese Modern" to refer to the method of representing Japanese aesthetics as modern design, and along with Kenzo Tange, he was a leading figure in postwar Japanese design.

(2) Schloemann was born in 1902 and graduated from the Berlin Academy of the Arts (der Akademie der Kuenste Berlin). She was a pupil of Bruno Paul and engaged in interior decorating, and design and creation of craftwork. She worked as freelance in Budapest. She performed, designed, and created the interior decoration for the governor's mansion, foreign minister's residence, and the Japanese embassy military room.

(3) During his stay, Wright received an invitation from his "new friend" Kenmochi and was given a warm welcome at a long-established inn, Sumi-ya in Kyoto, where he stayed. In contrast to Nagoya, he was able to thoroughly enjoy the companionship of tea ceremony and local intellectual groups. He was also amazed when he found a book showing the construction methods of traditional Japanese wooden architecture while in Kyoto, and he purchased it immediately. Cf. Russel Wright "Notes on Japan" 1956.

(4) Genichiro Inokuma (1902-1993) was a close friend of Kenmochi who introduced Isamu Noguchi to Kenmochi. In 1949, they established an architecture and design department in Art Association "Shinseisakuha-kyokai" where Inokuma belonged and exhibited their design works there.

(5) It is felt that the visit to the U.S. by the Crown Prince and Princess in September of this year was an effort to strengthen U.S.-Japan ties for political purposes.

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