OMIZO Shouseien BONSAI

OMIZO Shouseien
BONSAI

大溝松清園 | 盆栽

28 October - 31 October 2022

11:00 - 18:00
Yosuke Omizo (owner of Omizo Shouseien) will be at the gallery on the 29th and 30th of October.

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Lecture:
The basics of bonsai pruning
Date & Time: Saturday, October 29, 14:00-15:00
(no reservation required, free of charge)
Lecturer: Yosuke Omizo (Owner of Omizo Shouseien)
Description: A basic course on pruning bonsai for those who will care for bonsai for the first time. This is an opportunity to learn about the fun and depth of bonsai under the gentle guidance of Mr. Yosuke Omizo. He will also answer any questions you may have about your bonsai.

Talk event:

Seeing the Invisible:  The Daily Work of a Bonsai Artist
Date & Time: October 30 (Sun) 14:00-16:00
Number of participants: Up to 8
(advance reservation required, first-come-first-served basis)
Speakers: Tomoki Yamauchi (Faculty member of Kyoto University of Education, Aesthetics/Gardener) and Azusa Hashimoto (Senior Researcher, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Contemporary Art/Curator)
Description: Tomoki Yamauchi, a gardener and professor of aesthetics, and Azusa Hashimoto, who specializes in research and curation of contemporary art, will talk about the art of bonsai and compare it with to art of gardening.
Reservations: Please send your application to: mail@nichinichi.com
Please include your name, occupation, cell phone number, and e-mail address.

“Kakegai” (rock face), black pine  (approx. 50 years old, 31cm)

From time to time we travel in search of wilderness. In the high mountains at altitudes over 2,000 meters the trees and shrubs grow slowly in harsh conditions, their branches twisted by abrasive winds. We admire their strange shapes, listen to our heartbeats and nurture our trust that we will safely pass through any of life’s hardships. Sometimes we go deep into the forest and touch the bark of an old tree. What is it that makes theses places and touches so peaceful and calming?

Bonsai trees lead us on a journey beyond time and place. The way that they continue to grow despite storms, sunshine, and the numerous other restraints which humans impose on them, resembles the trees we encounter on our journey into the wilderness. We are astonished that such the small vessel could support such an old tree. At the same time we admire the vast landscape created by the branches and leaves of these small trees. Large and small. Enduring and expressive, lines and points, past and future, still life and dynamic aliveness – a bonsai tree exists at the intersection of many diverging poles.

Our exhibition welcomes Yosuke Omizo, the current owner of Omizo Shoseien in Kyoto, which has been growing and dealing in bonsai for four generations. Shoseien translates literally to garden of vivid pines. The exhibition will show a wide range of bonsai trees from small bonsai for first-time bonsai lovers to large bonsai to be admired as art. Bonsai originated in China in ancient times and has been practiced in Japan since the Heian period (794-1185). The exhibition will take visitors on a journey through the world of bonsai, which has been attracting renewed attention in recent years as a traditional and modern art form.

Euonymus alatus  (15 years old, 23cm)

Red pine (approx. 100 years old, 70 cm)

Kouchiwa-maple (approx. 20 years old , 20 cm with leaves)

Mountain persimmon (approx. 35 years old, 60cm)

Yosuke OMIZO | 大溝陽亮
Born in 1971. 4th generation of Shoseien. After graduating from high school, he studied bonsai for two years under Yoshiaki Yoshiaki III. After completing a five-year apprenticeship at Mitsuya Tokaien in Toyohashi in Aichi prefecture he took over Shoseien.
Member of Japan Bonsai Association
Board member of the Japan Small Bonsai Association.
Certified Instructor of All Japan Small Bonsai Association.
Awarded the “Organising Committee Chairman’s Prize at the 42nd, 45th, and 47th Japan Bonsai Art Exhibition.
Works with the Imperial Household Agency.