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Top; Views of the Mugo pine
after it was collected in the
Alps.
Bottom right; The pine was
collected by Piero Masiero,
founder of the Museum
Fujisato, and commercial
collector of bonsai.

BCI: What is the story of how this tree came to Museo
Fujisato?
MASSIMO BANDERA: Collected in the Alps in 2007,
it was grown in top vigor for three years before
starting the first interventions. It was brought
immediately to Museo Fujisato and acquired as
a piece with great future potential. The pine was
collected by Piero Masiero, founder of the Museum
Fujisato, and commercial collector of bonsai.

You have named this tree il Nibelungo, why?
With the new stylistic choice of informal upright,
this bonsai shows considerable strength and
dynamism, and for this to be all Western, we decided
to give it a name from Northern European tradition
that expresses great strength and power and is also
a suitable name for a northern species such as Pinus

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