With what is the Japanese art of bonsai concerned?
Deadwood bonsai techniques Deadwood bonsai techniques Bonsai is a Japanese art using miniature trees grown in containers, similar in some ways to the Chinese art of "penjing" and the Vietnamese art of "hòn non bộ". The Japanese tradition of bonsai cultivation contains many specialized terms and techniques for creating bonsai and enhancing the illusion of age and the portrayal of austerity that mark a successful bonsai. Some of these methods are the deadwood techniques, which create, shape, and preserve dead wood on a living bonsai. Similar methods may exist in other traditions, but this article deals with the traditional deadwood terminology and techniques
History of bonsai Yoshimura, son of a leader in the Japanese bonsai community, collaborated with German diplomat and author Alfred Koehn to give bonsai demonstrations. The first formal bonsai courses opened to the public and outsiders in Tokyo. Koehn had been an enthusiast before the war, and his 1937 book "Japanese Tray Landscapes" had been published in English in Peking. Yoshimura's 1957 book "The Art of Bonsai", written in English with his student Giovanna M. Halford, addressed both cultivation and aesthetic aspects of bonsai growing and went on to be called the "classic Japanese bonsai bible for westerners" with over thirty printings. The