All of us love bonsai, to many people it’s a lifestyle, as we take care of the timber and form them into bonsai. Many require a long time of timeless arduous work which we discover pleasurable as we create dwelling artwork.
For a while now, there have been quite a few bonsai masterpieces stolen in Japan, moved to an Asian nation then bought to westerners, particularly within the United Sates, via the web. The thieves are disrespecting the years of time, typically via a number of generations, Japanese bonsai artists take to create their artwork. A number of bonsai artists are utilizing video cameras to protect their treasurers. Others have closed their gardens to foreigners.
To many, bonsai are greater than small timber in pots, having spent years of growth. To some thief’s it’s an unlawful enterprise simply earn a living.
This unlawful busines of promoting stolen bonsai to foreigners should be stopped. I strongly recommend not buy well-known masterpiece bonsai from out of the USA, particularly at low costs. How do you identify if you’re supplied masterpiece bonsai at a ridiculous low worth? Easy, if the bonsai sale deal is just too good to be true, it in all probability is.
Final yr in July 2023 my son forwarded a bonsai supplied on the market and requested if I acknowledged the tree. The value was US $500, POSTPAID. I instructed him to purchase as many as he can… simply kidding, I did nothing. In fact, I acknowledged the bonsai as having seen it a number of instances in Japan. This a number of award-winning masterpiece Japanese black pine is without doubt one of the most well-known iconic well-known bonsai in Japan named “Kokuryu.” I’ve typically studied it at many exhibitions and have seen it in Masahiko Kimura’s Backyard. Kunio Kobayashi, Shunka-en Bonsai Museum, is answerable for saving the bonsai from demise and creating a brand new design a few a long time in the past.
Japanese black pine “Kokuryu” 1977. Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition prize winner
The final time I noticed it was on the 2023 Kokufu Bonsai exhibition (it grew!)
Japanese black pine “Kokuryu” 2023. Displayed on the 2023 97th Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition.
I strongly recommend and urge individuals assume significantly about shopping for Japanese bonsai supplied on the web at low costs.