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Princess Chichibu, the Emperor’s [sister-in-law], who requested to see her tree

               and the pavilion.... Of course the State Department had them on a tight schedule,
               with an escort determined to keep the visit on track. They had almost completed
               their stroll through the pavilion, but just as they were about to leave, Princess
               Chichibu spotted a robin in a nest in the Emperor’s red pine tree. Well, I must
               tell  you  that  the  excitement  was  remarkable....  For  a  good  half  an  hour,  they
               photographed the robin in her nest and chatted excitedly about this wonderful
               event, much to the distress of their State Department guide [whose] schedule had
               just been destroyed.



































               The Imperial Pine, a Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora), in training since 1795, was the first
               bonsai from the Japanese Imperial Collection to leave the country.




















               Thin  bamboo  rods  provided  shade  in  traditional  Japanese  style  when  the  National  Bonsai  &
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