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INNOVATIVE SAIKEI

featuring Tropical & True Indoor Bonsai™

By David W. Fukumoto (Kurtistown, Hawaii, USA)

Above; A dwarf schefflera saikei tray aikei, or tray landscapes, evolved after the devastation of World War II when
planting of a tropical banyan scene. This survivors of an impoverished nation sought to create some natural beauty to
was planted several years ago into my brighten their lives. Curved roof clay tiles, rocks, and young trees became the
favorite Yamaaki Tokoname tray, 18.5 by
12.5 inches with a depth of 1.75 inches, first saikei. In the example above, they are the result of detailed planning with
that will be used to present the innova- Sall components carefully selected and assembled. Tray landscapes are usually
tive concepts presented in this article. intended to be maintained and improved as bonsai for many years.
It is 15 inches tall above the rim of the As Japan recovered, Toshio Kawamoto taught saikei. He created and photographed
pot. It is a lot easier to create saikei that beautiful arrangements that he used as examples to guide his students. He obtained
depict “near views.” It’s a lot more difficult
to create distant panoramic scenes that carefully selected assortments of rocks, pre-trained “yatsubusa sugi” (a dwarf
require more detailed rocks and trees to Cyptomeria) into detailed small-scale replicas, and had all needed components and
a much smaller scale. supplies available. The rocks and young trees were relatively inexpensive; and by
using good design and techniques, beautiful arrangements were created.

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