Kokufu show #80---2006
Kokufu show 2005
Ezo spruce, chochubai flowering quince (left)
Red pine; you may notice several different stylistic approaches in the bonsai on this page.
White pine
‘Shimpaku’ juniper
Black pine---Kokufu prize winner
‘Shimpaku’ juniper
Taikan Ten 2004
White pine
Sakafu Ten 2005
White pine---Prime Minister Award winner
This page contains bonsai I worked on that were accepted into the bonsai shows in Japan during my apprenticeship: the Kokufu-ten, the Sakafu-ten, and the Taikan-ten. For the first four months my teacher, Mr. Shinji Suzuki, would often instruct by adjusting the bonsai I worked on, but by the time I was wiring the bonsai on this page he was no longer adjusting them.
Grafted Itoigawa juniper
White pine---although very few new wires were applied, every branch on this tree was moved using the old wires during a dramatic restyling. See Before/After page for more images.
Kokufu show #79---2005
