Taikan-ten – Bonsai Today

Masterclass

Time for change

Restyling a famous tree into something new is difficult work and an artist must stake their reputation on it

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16 February 2023

Kusamono

The tongue fern

Ferns as accent plants to exhibit with bonsai

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25 February 2022

Masterclass

The ‘Mugo’ team

The mugo pine is an extraordinary example of a yamadori, an impressive trunk with some natural shari and lots of compacted branches on top. A real challenge for Matt and Tyler

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14 January 2022

Suiseki

Nature can be seen through these stones

Left: Oeyama Ishi | Width: 40 cm Depth: 21 cm Height: 10 cmMiddle: Trident maple | Height: 60 cm Pot: Reihou ovalRight: Seigaku Ishi | Width: 52 cm Depth: 33 cm Height: 18 cm A collection of masterpiece stones shown at the Taikan-ten Exhibition Suiseki is long thought to go…...

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5 November 2021

Case History

A masterpiece tree has no front

A juniper masterpiece more dead than alive, is totally restored ‘Garyuu’, the history and Kakuryu-an. The oldest photographic record of this tree is from 1962 when it was featured in the auction catalogue for the ‘Gyoshinya Bonsai Commemorative Book’. It was the usual auction catalogue in that photographs of both…...

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7 May 2021

Gallery

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7 March 2021