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Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds . Charles O'Rear , a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo in January 1998 near the Napa – Sonoma county line, California, after a ...
Bonsai cultivation and care involves the long-term cultivation of small trees in containers, called bonsai in the Japanese tradition of this art form. Similar practices exist in other Japanese art forms and in other cultures, including saikei (Japanese), penjing (Chinese), and hòn non bộ (Vietnamese).
Japan also hosts several annual bonsai competitions where trees compete for awards in different categories. The most prestigious bonsai competition for amateur-owned trees, although most trees are prepared for display by professionals, is the Kokufu-ten, held every year in the month of February in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum. The Kokufu ...
Bonsai aesthetics are the aesthetic goals and characteristics of the Japanese tradition of the art of bonsai, the growing of a miniature tree in a container. Many Japanese cultural characteristics, particularly the influence of Zen Buddhism and the expression wabi-sabi inform the bonsai tradition in that culture. [ 1 ]
Formal upright style Bald cypress. Bonsai is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ, but this article describes the Japanese tradition.
Fig tree, common fig [6]: 46–47 Ficus microcarpa: Chinese Banyan Fig [6]: 44–45 Ficus neriifolia: Willow-leaved Fig Ficus rubiginosa: Port Jackson Fig Fortunella hindsii: Dwarf orange [6]: 48–49 Fraxinus: Ash Fuchsia, including Fuchsia fulgens hybrids Fuchsia [6]: 54–55 Gardenia, including Gardenia jasminoides: Gardenia [6]: 50–51
Shunkaen houses over 1,000 trees. [1] One of the most famous of these is estimated to be 1,000 years old, and is located in front of the house. [3] Though most of the trees are displayed in the courtyard, certain trees are displayed in traditional tokonoma alcoves inside the house. [1]
During this period, the tokonoma in formal rooms and tea rooms became the main place for bonsai display. The shaped trees now shared space with other items such as scrolls, incense burners, Buddhist statues, and tea ceremony implements. [59] The first issue of Bonsai magazine was published in 1921 by Norio Kobayashi (1889–1972). This ...