Kyuzo Murata Biography
- Kyuzo Murata was born in 1902 in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, and came to serve the Imperial Household in Tokyo in 1931, caring for their magnificent collection of bonsai. KEYWORDS: Omiya, FUDO, Masakuni Kawasumi, Bonsai no shiki, Yoshimatsu Hatori, Lynn Perry, Edward Holsten, Toshiji Yoshimura, Kazuko Nagano, Shichinosuke Kawasumi, Tomikichi Kato -
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Marion Gyllenswan - From a Personal Point of View
- Marion Gyllenswan was a well-known and well-liked lady throughout the bonsai community. She was a loyal supporter of our New Haven Bonsai Society in Connecticut and taught us well. She studied with Yuji Yoshimura for many years and shared her knowledge with us -
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Masakuni Tool Descriptions
- Discussion about various types of bonsai tools, TRIMMING SHEARS, BUD TRIMMING SHEARS, DEFOLIATING SHEARS, CONCAVE BRANCH CUTTER, WIRE CUTTER, WIRE PLIERS, ROOT CUTTER, KNOB CUTTER, PRUNING SAW, TRUNK SPLITTER, JIN PLIERS,GRAFTING KNIFE/CHISEL, GRAVING CHISEL, GRAVER, 2001 PRUNING SHEARS, 2010/2020 PRUNING SHEARS, GARDENING SHEARS, BONSAI TWEEZERS, TURNTABLES, BENDING TOOLS, REPOTTING TOOLS, SCOOP/SIEVES, WATERING CAN/NOZZLE,
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National Bonsai Foundation - Tropical Collection History
- History of The Haruo Kaneshiro Tropical Conservatory and Temperate Glasshouse
The Kaneshiro Conservatory began as a featureless rectangle labeled "tropical greenhouse" on a schematic plan drawn in 1976, when the Museum acquired its Japanese Collection -
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Origins of Some of the Terms
- Some of the words/phrases relating to the evolution KEYWORDS: Kanji, Japanese Terms, Chinese, Language, Ancient, Words, Bonsai, writing, calligraphy -
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Royal BC Museum
- In the Natural History Gallery, Living Land, Living Sea, at the Royal British Columbia Museum are 31 fibreglass tree trunks of seven species found on the coast. They are molded and cast from live specimens in their natural setting. -
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Saburo Kato Biography
- Tomekichi Kato's eldest son, Saburo (born on May 15, 1915), learned the fundamentals of bonsai from his father. KEYWORDS: Mansai-en, Saburo Kato Biography -
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Saburo Kato Biography
- Saburo Kato, (born on May 15, 1915), learned the fundamentals of bonsai from his father Tomekichi Kato KEYWORDS: Mansei-En, Kokufu Bonsai Association, Nobukichi Koide, Fusazo Takeyama, Japan Bonsai Association, Masters' Book of Bonsai, Ezo Spruce, and Forest and Stone-Clasping Bonsai, Keiko Yamane, Osaka World Exposition, Japan Suiseki Society, Japan Satsuki Club, First World Bonsai Convention, World Bonsai Friendship Federation, WBFF, European Bonsai Association, Sze-Ern "Ernie" Kuo, Prime Minister Obuchi, President Bill Clinton, International Bonsai Congress, Russian Bonsai Convention, Hatsugi Kato, Minister of Education -
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Story of a Bonsai Survivor
- At the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington D.C., the oldest tree in the Japanese Collection is a magnificent Japanese White Pine (Pinus parviflora). In 1976 it was donated by the bonsai master Masaru Yamaki of Hiroshima, as part of Japan's Bicentennial gift to the American People. KEYWORDS: Masaru Yamaki -
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The Bonsai Books
- Compendium of books on bonsai and related arts (bonsai, bonseki, bonkei, saikei, penjing, pentsai, suiseki) KEYWORDS: Bonsai, Books, Authors -
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The Bonsai Brothers
- An online guide for bonsai plants, art, History, Glossary, Links, Styles, Bibliography, Books, Books, plants, pots, soil, supplies, links, etc. -
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The Hinoki Cypress Puzzle
- The one question concerning the Larz Anderson bonsai that has dogged the author for years is the correct identity of the specimens of Chamaecyparis obtusa, which make up the major portion of the collection. -
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The History of Goshin - Protector of the spirit
- Bonsai master John Y. Naka’s most famous bonsai is probably the most well known bonsai in North America, if not the world. This forest-style bonsai of Foemina juniper, Juniperus chinensis ‘Foemina,’ has a long and interesting history. -
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The Mysterious History of Bonsai Art
- Bonsai first appeared in China over a thousand years ago on a very basic scale, known as pun-sai, where it was the practice of growing single specimen trees in pots. KEYWORDS: Chinese bonsai, Kamakura period, Roan-ji Temple, Paris World Exhibition, tokonoma, -
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The Shimpaku Juniper: Its Secret History
- The Shimpaku junipers so beloved for bonsai culture were first found little more than a century ago in Japan, but due to overcollecting, trees growing in the wild have vanished... Discovery of Shimpaku, Ishi-zuchi, Ishizuchi Shimpakus, Juniper, Collecting, Tahei Suzuki, and Fukuji Suzuki, Itoigawa Shimpaku, Mr. Myouji, Sennichirou Ikehara, Shimpaku Nurseries -
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The story of bonsai at the Arnold Arboretum
- As of August 1989, fifteen plants still remain of the original thirty-nine plants in the collection. These include seven hinoki cypress KEYWORDS: bonsai, Lars Anderson -
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