"The Nations --
When Did Bonsai Come to the
Various Japanese Prefectures?"

© 2008  Robert J. Baran
All Rights Reserved.


This Page Last Updated: Sept. 2, 2008


       According to our researches, the earliest known bonsai / magical miniature landscape
a) enthusiast in that prefecture ;
b) club in that prefecture ; and
c) display or exhibition of tree(s) in that prefecture are as follows :


(No guarantee is made of the longevity of any particular club.)



Location Dates
 		References
Aichi
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Akita
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Aomori
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Chiba
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Ehime
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Fukui
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Fukuoka
7 		.
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Fukushima
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Gifu
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Gunma
10 		.
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Hiroshima
11 		<1781

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Chugoku district, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Hokkaidō
12 		.
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Hyōgo
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Ibaraki
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Ishikawa
15 		.
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Iwate
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Kagawa
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Kagoshima
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Kanagawa
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Kōchi
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Kumamoto
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Kyoto,
urban prefecture
22 		<1195

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. c.1781

Saigyo Monogatari Emaki (Biography of Monk Saigyo), http://www.magiminiland.org/Paintings/Japanto1600.html.

Yamashiro province, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
Mie
23 		<1781

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Ise, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Miyagi
24 		.
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Miyazaki
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Nagano
26 		.
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Nagasaki
27 		late 16th cent.
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Portuguese in Japan screen, http://www.magiminiland.org/Paintings/Japanto1600.html.

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Nara
28 		<1781

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Yamato province, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Niigata
29 		.
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Ōita
30 		.
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Okayama
31 		<1781

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Chugoku district, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Okinawa
32 		.
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Osaka,
urban prefecture
33 		<1772

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Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 150.
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Saga
34 		.
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Saitama
35 		1925
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http://www.magiminiland.org/Days/DaysSep.html, Sept. 1, 1923 listing.
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Shiga
36 		c.1580
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Azuchi Castle, Ōmi Province, http://www.magiminiland.org/pre1800Refs/Japan1598.html.
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Shimane
37 		<1781

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Chugoku district, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Shizuoka
38 		<1781

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Totomi, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Tochigi
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Tokushima
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Tokyo,
metropolis
41 		<1630
1903

1892

http://www.magiminiland.org/BigPicture/IemitsuPine.html
Jurakukai, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 153.
Artistic Bonsai Concours, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 153.
Tottori
42 		<1781

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Chugoku district, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Toyama
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Wakayama
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Yamagata
45 		.
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Yamaguchi
46 		<1781

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Chugoku district, per Nippon Bonsai Association  Classic Bonsai of Japan (Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International, 1989), pg. 151.
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Yamanashi
47 		.
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please contact us with updates, rjb@magiminiland.org.
Thank-you.


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