Bonsai tree: Pines and junipers at Meifu-ten

Friday, February 17, 2012

Bonsai tree: Pines and junipers at Meifu-ten


Source: Bonsai Tonight

Pines and junipers at Meifu-ten


Central Japan will not run out of pine or juniper bonsai anytime soon. The trees below comprise about a fifth of the bonsai displayed at this year’s Meifu-ten in Nagoya, Japan. As a hobbyist exhibit, Meifu-ten shows off some of the best work done by local hobbyists and collectors. Although many of trees were prepped for the exhibit by professionals, the general quality isn’t quite what one finds at Taiken-ten or Kokufu-ten. That said, the material and much of the work is wonderful.


Shimpaku


Cascade shimpaku on root stand


Shimpaku


Shimpaku


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


The following six trees belong to Aichi-en customers. All of us at the nursery that week – Mr. Tanaka, the other Mr. Tanaka, Peter Tea and I, all helped pluck errant needles, wire unruly branches, oil dirty pots and arrange small tufts of moss.


Black pine


Black pine – Peter Tea prep – a very nice tree


Black pine


Black pine – one of the trees I helped prep for the exhibit


Black pine


Black pine – the tree belongs to Mr. Tanaka, a 3rd year apprentice at Aichi-en – Peter Tea prep


Black pine


Black pine – the other tree I prepped


Black pine


Black pine – Peter Tea prep


White pine


White pine – Mr. Tanaka and Peter Tea wired this tree late into the evening


Black pine


Black pine


White pine


White pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Shimpaku


Shimapaku


Red pine


Red pine


Needle juniper


Needle juniper


White pine


White pine


Black pine


Black pine


The white pine below received some extra attention. It belongs to a Daiju-en customer and had been prepared for exhibit with the front as pictured below.


White pine


White pine – intended front


I placed the tree on the stand with this front but that wasn’t good enough for Mr. Tanaka, who turned the tree to the front pictured below. As it happens, the six-sided pot and six-sided stand made the change easy. What I don’t know, is what the customer thought when he saw the resulting photo or how the tree was actually displayed at the exhibit in January.


White pine


White pine as photographed


White pine


White pine


Shimpaku


Twisty shimpaku!


Black pine


Black pine


White pine


White pine


Black pine


Black pine


White pine


White pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine


Black pine



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