Bonsai
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Bonsai is the Japanese art of growing and shaping miniature trees in containers, with a long documented history of influences and native Japanese development over a thousand years, and with unique aes
Bonsai, named "Kenshin Tōge" (lit. 'Kenshin's mountain pass'). Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) presented by Uesugi Kenshin to Nagao Masakage. The tree is estimated to be about 800 years old.
Bonsai at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum
Bonsai at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the United States National Arboretum
Japanese white pine, "Sandai Shogun" (The Third Shogun), approximately 550 years old, Imperial Collection, 1938
Hòn non bộ
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Hòn non bộ is the Vietnamese art of making miniature landscapes, imitating the scenery of the islands, mountains and surrounding environment as found in nature. It is a Vietnamese equivalent of the Ch
Bonsai
…Japan. Similar arts exist in other cultures, including Korea's bunjae, the Chinese art of penjing, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese Hòn non bộ. The loanword bonsai has become an umbrella term in English, attached to many forms of diminutive potted plants, and also on occasion to other living…
A type of Hòn non bộ popular in Vietnam
Hòn non bộ in the pond of Diên Thọ Palace in the Imperial City of Huế
Hòn non bộ which included stones, plants, little figures, waterfall and aquarium
Hòn non bộ, at the Botanical Building