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Bottom; Titled Journey of a River, this unique Saikei is actually three trays
that can be displayed individually. When displayed together they create a river’s journey from a waterfall to the sea shore.
Book Review
BEYOND THE SPRIT OF
Sharing Knowledge, Spreading Joy
46 | BCI |
April/May/June 2017
MINIATURE LANDSCAPES: Saikei, Forest and Water & Land Penjing
By Nikunj Parekh, Jyoti Parekh and Chand Kejriwal
80 pages. English.
$13.95
Beyond the Spirit of Miniature Landscapes Saikei, Forest and Water & Land Penjing By Glenis Bebb, Australia
Nikunj and Jyoti Parekh founded The Indo Japanese Association Study Group of the Indo Japanese Association in 1979. ey are coauthors of Wonderworld of Bonsai and Saikei and have demonstrated at international events in Australia, USA, UK, Germany,
Hong Kong, Italy, China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka and Kenya.
ey won silver and bronze medals for the mini garden pavilion they created at the Greenery and Garden Expo in 1990 in Osaka, Japan. ey have been publishing a quarterly bonsai magazine, Nichin Bonsai
since 1985.
Nikunj is the India Region Director of World Bonsai Friendship
Federation and is a founding member. He has been a member of the BCI board since 2000 and is now serving as second Vice President. Nikunj was awarded the Order of e Rising Sun with Gold and Silver rays by the government of Japan for promoting Japanese culture in India.
Jyoti, as well as her expertise in bonsai, is a celebrated vegetarian cooking teacher, who has taught fruit and vegetable carving in addition to cooking since 1969. She has held cooking demonstrations in Japan, USA, Canada, UK Kenya and Hong Kong. She has authored 13 books on vegetarian cooking, the art of vegetable carving and gi wrapping.
Chand Kejriwal has been a member of the Bonsai Study Group of the Indo-Japanese Association for two decades and has a fond interest in group plantings.
As well as her love of bonsai, Chand has been teaching Ikebana for 24 years. Chand received a Masters in Ikebana from the Ohara School of Japan.