The Secret Techniques of Bonsai
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The Secret Techniques of Bonsai by Masakuni Kawasumi
Provides detailed information about growing bonsai from seedlings or beginner plants and advice on shaping, pruning, training, grafting and re-potting trees. This book shows gardeners how to improvise with any readily-accessible bonsai tools, as well as gardening or even simple workshop tools. Japan's leading bonsai experts offer not only the basics for creating perfect bonsai, but also secret techniques the family has developed over generations of careful work and observation. It covers such skills as: taking a cutting for a new bonsai in winter while the plant
"Incorporating advice from his son, a tree doctor, the author teaches how to produce splendid specimens" -The Washington Post
MASAKUNI KAWASUMI II worked in the family bonsai business for decades, designing his own tools and cultivating bonsai on a professional level. He took over the business in 1950. Masakuni II is credited with popularizing bonsai around the world. For his work in tool making, he was awarded a Yellow Ribbon Medal by the Japanese Government in 1993. In 1996, he established the Masakuni Museum of Cutting Tools and Industrial Tools near Tokyo.
When his father died in 2002, MASAKUNI KAWASUMI III took over the business, which he runs today while continuing his research in the cultivation and care of bonsai.
When his father died in 2002, MASAKUNI KAWASUMI III took over the business, which he runs today while continuing his research in the cultivation and care of bonsai.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781568365435 |
| ISBN 10 | 1568365438 |
| Title | The Secret Techniques of Bonsai |
| Author | Masakuni Kawasumi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Kodansha America, Inc |
| Year published | 2013-11-22 |
| Number of pages | 114 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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