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Million Dollar Tree Wins at Taikan-ten 2018
e prestigious Prime Minister Award for “best of show” was presented to a large Japanese ve-needle pine at the 37th Nippon Bonsai Taikan-ten Exhibition, held in Kyoto, Japan from the 18th to 21st November, 2017.
is pine was for sale in the trade area at ASPC Con- vention held in Takamatsu in 2011. e asking price was $1,000,000!
BCI life members, Naemi Iwasaki, Chairman of Nippon Bonsai Association and Lindsay Bebb, Chair- man of World Bonsai Friendship Federation, cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony.
A wonderful display of four white pine bonsai about 250 years old, formerly owned by the last shogun, Tokugawa Yoshinobu of the Edo bakufu. See overleaf.
Two Sargent Junipers and a Kamogawa Ishi, Suiseki were displayed in a very modern format.
e suiseki was also from the Tokugawa Yoshinobu shogun. e display was designed by Seiji Morimae and the bonsai and suiseki in both of these exhibits are owned by Mr. Tanaka. e bonsai are maintained by Shinj Suzuki.
Top; Prime Minister Award for “best of show” was presented to a large Japanese ve-needle pine at the 37th Nippon Bonsai Taikan-ten Exhibition.
Middle right; BCI life members, Naemi Iwasaki, Chairman of Nippon Bonsai Association and Lindsay Bebb, Chairman of World Bonsai Friendship Federation, cutting the ribbon at the opening ceremony.
Middle left and bottom; Two sargent Junipers and a Kamogawa Ishi, Suiseki were displayed in a very modern format.
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