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Beautiful shohin at the 2019 Gafu-ten exhibit

February 8, 2019 by Jonas Dupuich

After looking into the practice of shohin display, I thought it would be nice to focus on some of the beautiful trees at this year’s Gafu-ten. Here are some highlights.

Shimpaku

Zelkova

Cryptomeria

Chojubai

Princess persimmon

Shimpaku

Winterberry

Isozanshou – Osteomeles subrotunda

Princess persimmon

Border privet

Shimpaku

Chojubai

Princess persimmon

Shimpaku

Beautyberry

Trident maple

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Shohin judging categories at Gafu-ten

Anatomy of a shohin display

Roy Minarai pots at the Gafu-ten pottery competition

 

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  1. Bruce Winter says

    February 8, 2019 at 1:36 pm

    Stunning! Over the top, every one of them!
    Thanks Jonas for yet another great post.

    • Jonas Dupuich says

      February 9, 2019 at 6:38 am

      Thanks, Bruce!

  2. Brian McGrath says

    February 8, 2019 at 5:26 pm

    A little off topic but here goes. I have some miniature peach tress. Over the last few years some of the fruit that has fallen has sprouted and I now have 6″ trees that I am growing as Kifu in size. I am aware that from seed it takes time to flower but if I was to graft a branch that was flowering on the big tree, would that in fact speed up the time line of flowering on my seedlings. Does that make sense .
    Brian

    • Jonas Dupuich says

      February 9, 2019 at 6:36 am

      Good question Brian – can you post it with a photo to the forum? https://ask.bonsaitonight.com/
      Thanks!

  3. Ondrej says

    February 12, 2019 at 8:47 am

    Hi Jonas, I think “japanese pepper” is actually not any pepper , but Osteomeles subrotunda . Pepper is Zanthoxylum piperitum , it is similar to Osteomeles , but not so widely used in Japan as Osteomeles.

    • Jonas Dupuich says

      February 12, 2019 at 9:56 am

      Hi Ondrej – thanks for the tip! I didn’t get a photo of the legend for this display so I went with a similar tree from another display. I also made an incomplete translation of sanshou, the Zanthoxylum piperitum, instead of isozanshou, the Osteomeles. Do let us know if you have some good tips for distinguishing the two!

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