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Fine Bonsai : Art and Nature Author: Jonathan M. Singer

ISBN: 9780789211163 Format: Boxed, Slipcased or Casebound Number Of Pages: 416 Published: 1 August 2012 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 30.5 x 38.1 x 6.6 Description: The practice of cultivating bonsai may be traced back some two thousand years, to the earliest representations of potted trees in Chinese art, and is thought to have reached Japan in the Heian period (AD 794-1185), a time of rich cultural exchange.

This unique branch of horticulture attained its maturity, and received its present name, in Japan's Edo period (1603-1868), and many fine bonsai are recorded in the woodblock prints of that era.

As Japan broadened its trade and diplomatic contacts after the Meiji Restoration, bonsai became a matter of international interest, and today bonsai masters around the world have learned to grow hundreds of varieties of trees and shrubs in miniature, training them into living sculptures. Their exquisite creations, which change with the passage of the years and the cycle of the seasons, exemplify the connection between man and nature, life and art.

In Fine Bonsai: Art and Nature, the finest extant achievements in the art of bonsai are seen together for the first time, through the lens of renowned botanical photographer Jonathan Singer. This magnificent volu...

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