Kokufu 2020

[MJL]

Cheers Greg,
... here is another thread from bonsai tonight which looks at a tree that was exhibited this year (the 94th Kokufu), and was also in the first Kokufu which is pretty incredible. There is a lot of history here!


https://bonsaitonight.com/2020/02/18/a- ... xhibition/

Who knew? Benjamin Button was actually an Ezo Spruce! A curious case indeed.

[treeman]

I have not seen this tree in the "bark", so my [un-educated] comment is that it looks approx. 86 years younger, then when it was originally first exhibited.
Has the acquired amount of foliage messed up it's original scale

I would agree that it looks younger now but only about 84 years. 86 is just going too far.

Can I re-post these 2 ezo spruces and my favorite pyracantha ever in the hopes of corrupting a few minds?
All grown by Kyuzo Murata. One of the few true masters who appreciated the value of restraint.

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[TimS]

Love that first Spruce, 10/10 all day long. That second one looks a bit like something Michael Hagadorn would create, very nice composition indeed.

[PWC]

Can I re-post these 2 ezo spruces and my favorite pyracantha ever in the hopes of corrupting a few minds?
All grown by Kyuzo Murata. One of the few true masters who appreciated the value of restraint.

Thanks for the post I wasn't aware if this artist, I will be checking his work out,the first spruce is amazing!

[treeman]

Can I re-post these 2 ezo spruces and my favorite pyracantha ever in the hopes of corrupting a few minds?
All grown by Kyuzo Murata. One of the few true masters who appreciated the value of restraint.

Thanks for the post I wasn't aware if this artist, I will be checking his work out,the first spruce is amazing!

He died a few years back. He put out a book called ''four seasons of bonsai'' He ran the Imperial bonsai collection for many years. His work was not very well documented but you can find a few examples here and there.
You won't find big groomed and brash bold superstar bonsai though. Sadly his trees have declined in health after his death.

http://taekukiwonbonsai.blogspot.com/20 ... urata.html
A bit here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS4XGIBR4V4
A bit here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpOgN8xlLc4
A bit here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPOBD1p-KOo

[melbrackstone]

I have that book, and I have to say it's the one I look at more often than any other bonsai book I own

[PWC]

You won't find big groomed and brash bold superstar bonsai though.

Thanks for the links, definitely nof "big groomed and brash bold superstar bonsai" ancient and weathered more aptly describes them. Particularly the flowering plums.

[SquatJar]

four seasons of bonsai is my favourite book too