The small Zelkova in the forest plantings on each side create the feeling distant panoramas. The center tree in the curved pot is a Nanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa). The artist is Saburo Kato‘s brother, Hideo. There are also two barely visible companion plants (five elements in all).
Masters’ Gallery
This is the second post in our masters’ gallery series. It and the first post in this series are from an article by Saburo Kato that appears in Bonsai Today issue 43.
This winter display is by Shinji Ogasawara. From left to right, the trees are: Trident maple on a slab, Ezo spruce (Picea glehnii) planting on a rock, a Mountain cherry (Prunus donarium) with a dwarf Maiden grass on a slab, a Japanese white pine on a stand, and Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) on a slab. Beech trees tend to hold onto their dead leaves in the winter.