Gomangoku – the Daiju-en family bonsai exhibit
Gomangoku is the Daiju-en family’s annual bonsai exhibit – it was held a few weeks ago over the first weekend in November. The phrase “Daiju-en family” refers, in this case, to Toru Suzuki, head of the Daiju-en garden in Okazaki, Aichi, and all of the available bonsai professionals who have studied there with Suzuki.
Daiju-en extended family with the glaring omission of Toru Suzuki. Standing: Ken-senpai, Hino-senpai, Tok-senpai, Yasuo Mitsuya, Peter Tea, me, Junichiro Tanaka. Squatting: Fu-senpai, Taka-senpai, Isao-senpai, Uch-senpai. A wonderful bunch of very talented bonsai professionals.
Gomangoku is a relatively small exhibit at around 50 displays, but the quality of the trees is very high. Peter Tea has written a great rundown of the event – see Gomangoku 五万石盆栽展 (Daiju-en show) 2011 for the full story. I was able to tag along as I’m spending time in Japan through Peter’s Apprenticeship Program at Aichi-en. Helping with the exhibit was a great experience – here is an overwhelming number of photos from the event.
Sitting in a miniature forest
The photo setup used by the Kinbon folks
Uch-senpai, currently 3 years into his apprenticeship at Daiju-en, sitting with Mr. Moriyama’s very large shimpaku
Posing next to a great Japanese maple from Ooishi
Giant maple greeting visitors at the front door
Adding the final touches before the night before show opens
White pine
Choujubai quince
Rose
Pyracantha
Accent
Princess persimmon
Needle juniper
Akebia
White pine
Trident maple
Pyracantha
Japanese beech
Needle juniper
Choujubai quince
White pine
White pine
Needle juniper
Needle juniper
Japanese maple
Accent
Yew
Kaido
Needle juniper
Pyracantha
Korean hornbeam
White pine
Persimmon
White pine
Accent
Jasmine
Needle juniper
Japanese maple
Bonus points for those of you who have noticed a second glaring omission – there are no black pines pictured here! Daiju-en is well-known for their pines – I’ll share them in a future post.
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