Recent content by Robert J. Baran

Spring of 1986 my bonsai historical research was started; April 1999 the material started to be put on the Internet. An estimated 10,000 hours+ of research over the years. See also http://www.magiminiland.org/BigPicture/Creative.html :)

Thank-you very much, -norwegian_blue-! Please refresh the page to see the results, http://www.magiminiland.org/BigPicture/IemitsuPine.html .

Could someone please get me a scan of the b&w postwar photo of Sandai-Shōgun-no-matsu ("Third generation Tokugawa's pine") from John Naka's Bonsai Techniques II, pp. 258-260? With the specific page number it is found on. It is to be added to this page...

For a number of years, our website has offered at no charge to archive text which is believed to be of value to our fellow enthusiasts. Please see http://www.magiminiland.org/OtherArchived.html . We are now ready for the next step: archiving videos of value to the bonsai community. A YouTube...

Please also see http://www.magiminiland.org/BigPicture/Creative.html for updated info on how the site/info has developed.

Please look at it again, or at least once a year, to see updates and additions.

I look/lurk more often than I post. :)

Please also see http://www.magiminiland.org/Paintings/JapanPortrayals.html , http://www.magiminiland.org/Paintings/Kunisada.html , and http://www.magiminiland.org/Paintings/bonsailike.html .

Just an update: my timeline's new address is http://www.magiminiland.org/BigPicture/Timeline3.html , with my bonsai historical research at http://www.magiminiland.org since the end of last February.

Yes, all of my historical research on the website is legitimate and documented. (Most of it was formerly at www.phoenixbonsai.com, some since back to 1999.) A number of enthusiasts and teachers around the world regularly refer to it. Plus it has had some mention over the years...

Please see our listing of permanent collections of bonsai / penjing around the world, http://www.magiminiland.org/BigPicture/PermanentCollections.pdf . Comments, critiques, and additions are always welcome. Thanks!

Note: Beginning in September 2016, the Phoenix Bonsai Society will change their meeting day from Tuesdays to Wednesdays. All the other information is correct as is. The change will allow us to have more space in the Valley Garden Center on Wednesdays, including being able to have several of...

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Early Japanese Bonsai Texts Online: http://www.magiminiland.org/ click on the Books link and choose which group of early books by year 1800, 1850 or 1900 you'd like to see. Choose a title which is followed by the Japanese flag image to see the .pdf of that text. Most of the 13 selected titles...

You are very welcome. What we -- bonsai enthusiasts as a whole -- need to do is to make more video interviews of our teachers: their backgrounds and first involvements with this hobby/art, early club involvement and shows, demonstrations and workshops, trips abroad they've made or visiting...