16 Facts About Bonsai

Bonsai is created beginning with a specimen of source material.

Bonsai can be created from nearly any perennial woody-stemmed tree or shrub species that produces true branches and can be cultivated to remain small through pot confinement with crown and root pruning.

Bonsai uses cultivation techniques like pruning, root reduction, potting, defoliation, and grafting to produce small trees that mimic the shape and style of mature, full-size trees.

Bonsai cultivation reached a high level of expertise in this period.

Bonsai dating to the 17th century have survived to the present.

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Bonsai were displayed both inside and outside Meiji Palace, and those placed in the grand setting of the Imperial Palace had to be "Giant Bonsai", large enough to fill the grand space.

An Artistic Bonsai Concours was held in Tokyo in 1892, followed by publication of a three-volume commemorative picture book.

In 1906, Bonsai Gaho became the first monthly magazine on the subject.

The initial issue of Bonsai magazine was published in 1921, and this influential periodical ran for 518 consecutive issues.

Bonsai shaping aesthetics, techniques, and tools became increasingly sophisticated as bonsai popularity grew in Japan.

In October 1964, a great exhibition was held in Hibya Park by the private Kokufu Bonsai Association, reorganized into the Nippon Bonsai Association, to mark the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Nine years later, the first World Bonsai Convention was held in Omiya, and the World Bonsai Friendship Federation was inaugurated.

Yoshimura's 1957 book The Art of Bonsai, written in English with his student Giovanna M Halford, went on to be called the "classic Japanese bonsai bible for westerners" with over thirty printings.

Bonsai practice is an unusual form of plant cultivation in that growth from seeds is rarely used to obtain source material.

Bonsai aesthetics are the aesthetic goals characterizing the Japanese tradition of growing an artistically shaped miniature tree in a container.

Bonsai being shown formally in their completed state, pot shape, color, and size are chosen to complement the tree as a picture frame is chosen to complement a painting.