Bonsai Trees in the garden of the 大宮盆栽美術館 Omiya Bonsai Art Museum (Saitama Prefecture)
The (A-###) is the Omiya Museums collection identifier.

excerpt from "A Case Professor Reports from Japan", Case Alumnus, May 1957 by Marshall Fox Crouch

1000 year old Ezo Spruce named 轟 Todoroku [roar/thunder] (A-005)/380 year old Japanese White Pine named 平安 Heian [peace/tranquilty] (A-018)

500 year old Japanese White Pine named 千代の松 Chiyo-no-Matsu [One Thousand Generations Pine](A-100)/150 year old Mountain Maple named 高雅 Takaya (or Kōga)(A-075)

A pair of 350 year old Japanese White Pines (right named 舞子 Maiko [apprentice geisha]) (A-060 & A-012)

350 year old Japanese Juniper (A-023)/300 year old Japanese White Pine named 千尋 Chihiro (A-030)

300 year old Japanese Juniper (A-024)/300 year old Needle Juniper (A-116)

250 year old Japanese Black Pine (A-091)/180 year old Japanese Apricot named 野梅 Yabai (A-080)

150 year old Japanese Apricot (A-078) & 150 year old Japanese White Pine (A-040)

120 year old Japanese Maple (A-045) & 120 year old Japanese White Pine (A-043)

200 year old yew (A-103)/60 year old white pine (A-061)

100 year old Ezo Spruce (two views) (A-093)

50 year old Ginkgo (A-086) & 50 year old Japanese Black Pine (A-021)

150 year old Korean Hornbeam (A-083)/40 year old white pine (A-130)

300 year old Japanese White Pine named 双鶴 Sokaku (A-019)/150 year old Japanese Black Pine (A-106)


(right) 80 year old Japanese Apricot (A-099)

(right) 120 year old Kan-gumi (Thorny Olive)(A-054)

Japanese Black Pine named 瑞光 Zuiko (A-010)/160 year old Zelkova (cared for by former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida)(A-118)

(left) 150 year old Japanese Black Pine (A-068)

70 year old Tsuyama Hinoki Cypress (A-028)/120 year old Japanese Black Pine (A-070)

380 year old Japanese Juniper (A-026)/Kobanozuine

(left) 150 year old White Pine (A-038)

(just left of center) 60 year old Japanese Cypress (Hinoki)(A-127)

(in the middle with fruit) 150 year old Chinese Quince This bonsai, cherished by figures such as businessman Kaichiro Nezu, former Prime Ministers Eisaku Sato and Nobusuke Kishi, was certified as the first 「貴重盆栽」"Valuable Bonsai".(A-101)
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