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In training since 1960, a Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica Glauca Group) given by Frederic and
Ernesta Drinker Ballard is a dramatic cascade-style bonsai.
Reaching beyond the nation’s west coast, bonsai artistry is well established
in Hawaii. A Hawaiian highlight in the museum’s collections is a Chinese
Banyan (Ficus microcarpa ‘Kaneshiro’) trained by Haruo Kaneshiro (1907–
1991) beginning in 1975. Haruo Kaneshiro earned his nickname “Papa” because
he is considered by many to be the father of tropical bonsai in Hawaii, and

because he was committed to encouraging bonsai for all.
Kaneshiro was born in Okinawa and arrived as a young boy with his family
on the Big Island of Hawaii, where they came to work on the sugar plantations.
As a young man, Kaneshiro moved to Honolulu where he found work as a
waiter, leading eventually to his successful career as a restaurateur there. He
discovered bonsai after World War II, when a friend from his days on the Big
Island showed Kaneshiro the bonsai trees he had rescued and kept hidden for
safety during the war. The owners of anything Japanese found on American soil
were regarded as traitors.