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The 2014 88th KOKUFU BONSAI EXHIBITION
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Gallery, Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan
Part 1: February 4-7, 2014
Part 2: February 9-12, 2014
The Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition, now sponsored by the Nippon Bonsai Association, is the premier bonsai exhibition in Japan, and the world. Hobbyists try quite hard, often for years to have their trees accepted for this judged event where only bonsai of the highest quality are displayed eligible for the coveted Kokufu Sho Prizes.
Japanese back pine
Japanese maple
Camellia, Kokufu sho Prize
Sargent juniper, displayed by American Doug Paul
An annual book is published after the exhibition featuring every bonsai in the show which make for excellent study of form, species and more importantly the current trends of the Japanese bonsai world.
No. 1 Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition, March 1934
No. 1 Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition, March 1934
The first Kokufu Bonsai Exhibition was held in March…
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