Oldest Bonsai Tree Stolen
The pair is urging the thieves to take care of them.
Oldest bonsai tree stolen. The seven bonsai were removed from a garden in the saitama prefecture close to the capital of tokyo. The theft most painfully included a singular shimpaku type of bonsai deemed to be some four centuries old and which has been cared for by several generations of bonsai masters. A 400 year old bonsai tree worth more than 50 000 vanished from a gardener s collection outside tokyo one of several valuable plants stolen last month from a fifth generation bonsai master. One of the couple s stolen trees is a shimpaku juniper one of the most sought after bonsai types among collectors and enthusiasts.
A bonsai that is nearly 400 years old stands at the arboretum s national bonsai and penjing museum in. One of the stolen trees is a japanese black pine that was grown in a tin can during world war ii the museum said. Thieves stole a 400 year old bonsai. A japanese couple has been left grief stricken after seven bonsai trees were stolen from a garden including a 400 year old shimpaku juniper.