2013 87th KOKUFU BONSAI EXHIBITION

Bill's post and Robert's link to the Kokufu Ten guide are great. I am wondering about the pots/containers that our American Kokufu Ten owners displayed their trees in. Were they included in the sale of these trees? Or, were they rented, as Bill has talked about in other posts?

I'm with Dorothy - love the Rose too! I would love to see it with foliage and blossoms.

Todd

Todd,
I don't know about Doug's Tree, but I do know that Matt does own the pot his maple was shown in. The option to rent was there, but, I believe because he intends to import the tree after quarantine and the USDA regulations are met, he bought it instead. If memory serves, it was a Suiban some time ago, how fitting for a Root over Rock!
There's a little more info about the tree and the young professional who prepared it for show here:
http://japanesebonsaipots.net/2013/01/22/american-owner-to-show-at-kokufu-ten-2013/
Ryan
http://japanesebonsaipots.net/

I took this photo at the Ueno Green Club during Kokufu 2004. Do you think it's the same tree?

William N. Valavanis wrote:
Japanese five-needle pine Kokufu Prize

Good question.... I would love to hear other's thoughts about this. I would say that it is not, but I would like to know....

Thanks for the info and link for Mr. Fujiwara - it was fun trying to translate the text

Yeah, thats a fun site. I found some killer blogs when I happened upon his site long ago, on his links page.
I believe he's currently at Aichi-en, you'll see him pop up pretty regularly on Peter Teas blog.
Ryan
http://japanesebonsaipots.net/

The pine from 2004 is NOT the same award winning tree which is a three trunk specimen, not single trunk.

But it would not be that unusual for award winning trees to be found in the sales are. Many trees for sale have labels that they were displayed in past shows, sometimes accompanied with the commemorative album opened to the page where the tree was featured.


Bill

The pine from the 2004 Green Club looked kind of familiar..... so I just went back to the exhibition and photographed a pine which just might be the tree from the 2004 Green Club. I also took another shot of the award winning pine showing the lower trunk.

Enjoy!


Perhaps the tree from the 2004 Green Club?



Close up of Award Winning tree

Bill, I know that, in the past, you have been awarded special access and permission to photograph trees at the exhibition. You seem to have even more access and opportunity this year. Has anything changed in their policy or have they just learned not to argue with you?

No, respect....

Bill, thanks for all the images.

Congratulations Matt !

Where did Matt's tree originally came from, what was it origins?