“To appreciate and find pleasure in curiously curved potted trees is to love deformity” (sourced from an ancient Japanese scroll written in Japan around the Kamakura period connecting Buddhism and the practice of bonsai) I have a bonsai which has been very patient and has managed to survive with my impatience in its rearing, (think over pruning to the point of baldness, over/under watering, and forgetting to fertilize in the spring) is now nine years old. Lady Leigha has a wonderful nickname for the little guy, (and yes, he is clearly a he, possibly doubly so) who stands proud and naked in a tiny little pot surrounded by moss.  In reading about the history of bonsai, and attempting to understand my pleasure at looking at such a plant, I found this: The exact time is debatable, although it is possible that (bonsai) had arrived in AD 1195 as there appears to be a reference to it in a Japanese scroll attributed to that period. At the time, the simple trees were  confined to the Buddhist monks and their monasteries… The ideals and philosophy of bonsai were greatly changed over the years. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the soul and nature. Here is another jem: Royan-ji : one of the most well known of the Japanese temple gardens, which is another illustration of this principle.  Click here for different views of the garden.
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“To appreciate and find pleasure in curiously curved potted trees is to love deformity”

(sourced from an ancient Japanese scroll written in Japan around the Kamakura period connecting Buddhism and the practice of bonsai)

I have a bonsai which has been very patient and has managed to survive with my impatience in its rearing, (think over pruning to the point of baldness, over/under watering, and forgetting to fertilize in the spring) is now nine years old. Lady Leigha has a wonderful nickname for the little guy, (and yes, he is clearly a he, possibly doubly so) who stands proud and naked in a tiny little pot surrounded by moss. 

In reading about the history of bonsai, and attempting to understand my pleasure at looking at such a plant, I found this:

The exact time is debatable, although it is possible that (bonsai) had arrived in AD 1195 as there appears to be a reference to it in a Japanese scroll attributed to that period. At the time, the simple trees were  confined to the Buddhist monks and their monasteries… The ideals and philosophy of bonsai were greatly changed over the years. For the Japanese, bonsai represents a fusion of strong ancient beliefs with the Eastern philosophies of the harmony between man, the soul and nature.

Here is another jem: Royan-ji : one of the most well known of the Japanese temple gardens, which is another illustration of this principle. 

Click here for different views of the garden.


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