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The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 ...
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Masaru Yamaki donated the now 390-year-old white pine bonsai tree to be part of a 53 bonsais gifted by Japan to the United States for its bicentennial celebration in 1976. U.S. National Arboretum ...
The age of the Yamaki Pine, a bonsai tree known as the Peace Tree. The tree survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima. "As I understand, the Yamaki Pine was positioned in the garden near a wall, ...
But the bonsai “was not given because of Hiroshima ... Yamaki’s perfectly crafted trees, including the white pine, were protected in a walled nursery. Today, the white pine stands only ...
Bonsai created by the Japanese artist Masashi Hirao, including, clockwise from top left, an 80-year-old juniper, a 70-year-old white pine, a 10-year-old maple and a 50-year-old juniper.Credit ...
As one of the country’s three famed bonsai cultivation areas, “Goyo-matsu” (five-needle pine) seeds can only be gathered from the mountain with government permission. Four businesses and ...
Azuma Makoto, a 38-year-old artist based in Tokyo, launched two botanical arrangements into space: “Shiki 1,” a Japanese white pine bonsai tree suspended from a metal frame, and an untitled ...