AusBonsai

hey people, for those interested in shimpaku bonsai and where and how it started i found this site. it has some very interesting reading and i havent even got through it all yet. there are several chapters on it all. some very interesting stuff

http://www.bonsai-wbff.org/shimpaku/shim1.shtml

check it out


regards jamie

Thanks Jamie,

Tech

Wow those japanese guys were risking their lives collecting bonsai stock. I'm only risking some ...council fines to collect some plants

it is amazing what some of the collectors and hunters went through just to get the shimpaku and how they went about it. tieing a rope to them selves and swinging away from the rock faces, there must of been countless deaths.

and how lucky was tahei suzuki, being able to come across such a vast valley of natural shimpaku yamadori.
the one picture in black and white is amazing. natures own bonsai. nothing but hundreds of years of refinement from the weather conditions that it had to go through


jamie

jamie111 wrote:of

did you mean off, or have



sorry to be the english nazi, i just thought it was funny... usually the things i find funny, others don't...

no offence jamwa, i love your work

none taken brother!

i was trying to figure out where you was getting that from then found it i always get things like that mixed up. i never finished high school, i was into my first year of an apprenticeship at age 15


jamie

those guys surely did have access to some sweet yama...

if only

too right there mate, if only is right on.
shimpaku have far become my favourite tree, i have plenty of time to work on them but mate, you cant replicate 100s of years of nature and compress it inot one lifetime.
envious as.

the trees that are left are now protected at least and they would be an absolute wonder to see i reckon

jamie

jamie111 wrote:too right there mate, if only is right on.
I have plenty of time to work on them but mate, you cant replicate 100s of years of nature and compress it inot one lifetime.
envious as.
jamie

Don't worry Jamie. Your girls and their children will finish off what you can't mate

to right there mate

its there birthday tomorrow like some would know, guess what their getting

ahhh i love a bonsai family

jamie111 wrote:to right there mate

its there birthday tomorrow like some would know, guess what their getting

ahhh i love a bonsai family

A Karate Kid movie

They are very interesting are they not. It is even more fun when you ask your Sensei about these things.
If he is Hirotoshi Saitoh he will regale you with all sorts of stories.
When I first met him in 1996 and after a few beers he loves Australian beer Japanese beer Irish beer if its beer he like's it. Also whiskey.

Any way I asked of him, knowing of the feudal system of Japan up to the Meiji period. I admired famous tree that was reputedly 450 years old. It had a pedigree it belonged to a Shogun. My question was how many had lost there Heads as in off with his head.

With a straight face he replied none, but 4 had had to commit Hari Kari. 2 cleaners after they left dirt on the pot. An apprentice gardener because he dropped it. The head gardener for employing an incompetent. I believed that story .
In 1999 he let me off after another couple of beer's and said you wanted to believe so you did.
I must admit I was taken in by his sence of Humor

thats freakin hilarious pup. but ofcourse why wouldnt you believe ya sensai lol.
its a good story too though haha.

and they got the karate kid 1,2 and 3. they watch them all the time, and i do to just to check out mr miyagis garden and trees

great articles jamie. i had forgotten about these. or maybe i made myself forget. the drool factor is just too much

anttal63 wrote:great articles jamie. i had forgotten about these. or maybe i made myself forget. the drool factor is just too much

to right there the missus come in and had to pick my bottom jaw up of the ground and wipe up the puddle. lol

love it im going to collect a shimpaku about 30 years old tomorrow fingers crossed it all goes well will post photos soon