Japanese White Pine Bonsai Hiroshima
Yamaki s perfectly crafted trees including the white pine were protected in a walled nursery.
Japanese white pine bonsai hiroshima. I had continued repotting after we got back daijuen from working trip. I cut off roots and made flat under the tree. Masaru yamaki donated the now 390 year old white pine bonsai tree to be part of a 53 bonsais gifted by japan to the united states for its bicentennial celebration in 1976. The atomic tree is a journey into the memories of one of the most revered trees in the world a 400 year old japanese white pine bonsai that witnessed and survived the atomic blast in hiroshima.
When this tree was planted in 1625 the united states was still 150 years away from even becoming a nation. The japanese white pine potted in 1625 belonged to a family that lived within two miles of the site where american forces dropped the bomb in 1945. I removed old soil under the yellow line. The tree has a very beautiful trunk with a good nebari good branch structure and nice dense foliage.
The first i take off old soil at bottom. On display at the national bonsai penjing museum at the united states national arboretum is this remarkable japanese white pine pinus parviflora miyajima bonsai sometimes known as hiroshima survivor according to the tree s display placard it has been in training since 1625 making it 388 years old. The japanese white pine which was potted 390 years ago belonged to a family that lived within two miles of where american forces dropped the atomic bomb 70 years ago this week. Japanese white pine bonsai tree japanese white pine is one of the most sought after japanese pines used for bonsai.
A nearly 400 year old bonsai tree survived the atomic bomb that killed 140 000 people and destroyed the entire city of hiroshima around it. From japan s ancient cedar forests and buddhist temples to the family home in hiroshima where the pine was nurtured for five generations this. This white pine is private collection. This superb and unusual japanese pine was imported from japan over winter 2019 20.
Its good one isn t it. This japanese white pine pinus parvifolia is approximately 375 years old and is the oldest specimen in the japanese bonsai collection of the national arboretum. Oh and it survived the atomic blast in hiroshima on august 6 1945.