OMIYA   BONSAI   NURSERIES

If you have any corrections, updates or additions, please e-mail rjb@magiminiland.org


This Page Last Updated: November 5, 2023



Omiya, about 20 miles/32 km north-northwest of Tokyo, was for most of the twentieth century known as the center of the bonsai universe.
Please see the Bonsai Book of Days listing for Sept 1 for details about this location's founding.

NAME
STARTED
CLOSED
PROPRIETOR(S)
ADDRESS
Bidai-en
1929
<2000


1939

Fusazo Takeyama (c.1914-1979), studied under Utsumi Gennojo ; Hiroshi Takeyama 96 Bonsai-cho
Hansen-en
1927
<2000

Shide-dori
Ikko-en
1945
<2014


Kamimari-en
1938
<2000


Kanko-en
1950
<2000


Kanruku-en
1927
<2000


Kawaraduka-en
1931
<2000

Keyaki-dori
Kinko-en
1925
<2000


Koseki-en
1925
<2000

Kaede-dori
Kosho-en
1925
<2000


Kujaku-en
1931
<2000

Shide-dori
Kunju-en
1938
<2000

Sakura-dori
Kunpu-en
1925
<2000
Atsuo Kuraishi (1900-?)
1929

Kyuzo Murata (1902-1991), Isamu Murata (1937-2021), Yukio Murata 131 Bonsai-cho
Manko-en

<2000


Mansei-bunen
1947
<2000

Shide-dori
Mansei-en
1925

Tomekichi Katō (1883-1946), then Saburō (1915-2008), Hatsuji (1942-2018), Haruhiko, and now Takahiro 285 Bonsai-cho
Matsuyama-en
1937
<2000

Shide-dori
Nanshu-en
1934
<2000

Sakura-dori
Ryuho-en
1943
2006-<2014

236 Bonsai-cho
Seidai-en
1925, April
<2000
Ritaro Shimizu (1874-1955) Omiya's first bonsai nursery
1943

Kamajiro Yamada (3rd generation), Tomio Yamada (4th) [Garden was originally opened in Negishi, Tokyo, during the Kaei era (1848-54)] 268 Bonsai-cho
Sensho-en
1939
<2000


Shiko-en
1926
<2000


Shimizu-en
1931
<2000


Shoka-en
1941
<2000


Shorai-en
1929
<2000


Shosetsu-en
1977

Teruo Kurosu, studied under Motosuke Hamano 2-640 Higashi Onari-cho
Shoto-en
1974

Taeko Komuro 112-4 Bonsai-cho
Shuko-en

<2000

Kaede-dori
Shunka-en
1930
<2000

Kaede-dori
Suchiro-en
1931
<2000


Taiko-en
c.1983
<2014

Kaede-dori
Taisho-en
1929
<2000

Shide-dori
1929

Motosuke Hamano, Hiromi Hamano 247 Bonsai-cho
Unju-en
1925
<2000
Ariga Senkichi Momiji-dori
Utsumi Ka-en
1925
1939?
Utsumi Gennosuke / Gennojo Kaede-dori








Map of Historical Omiya, Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama, 2014, back cover

Map of Historical Omiya.
Kyuka-En is toward lower right.
The Story of "Bonsai", The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum, Saitama, March 21, 2014, back cover.
Above is larger than approx. 15x20 cm original to better show details.



Map of Omiya, 1935, Omiya Bonsai Art Museum

Map of Omiya, 1935.
Kyuka-En is along right edge center.
("Introduction to Omiya Bonsai Village," The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum.)



NOTES

This table was originally based on Map of Historical Omiya from The Story of "Bonsai" by The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum,
with existence in the year 2000 based on Bonsai-in-Asia; plus additional details from
Kyuzo Murata;
Katō Family and Mansei-en;
Feb Also;
"Omiya Bonsai Village" by Bonsai Empire;
"Omiya Bonsai Six Gardens", which states that Toju-en was started in 1931;
"About Bonsai" by The Omiya Bonsai Art Museum;
"Saitama International Bonsai Academy";
"Bonsai master Kaori Yamada" * ;
"A Private Visit to Omiya Bonsai Village" by William N. Valavanis, February 13, 2019;
In personal email to RJB , November 5, 2023 states that "[Fuzo Takeyama's] master passed away during his training, and he was able to open the [Fuyoen] garden with the help of various people in the village." and

"Ayumi of Bonsai Village 80 years (created by adding and modifying based on the exhibition panel of the 80th anniversary of the opening of Omiya Bonsai Village and the 'commemorative magazine' Last updated: May 29, 2014)", brought to RJB's attention by Adam Webster, 04 Jul 2021, Google Translation into Engliah.  It is stated here that Motosuke Hamano's "Fujijuen" opened in 1928.  (The next line states that "World War I occurs" [sic].)  Also, it states that Shinji Ogasawara's "Seifuen" was opened in 1948.  However, according to Ogasawara's May 25 Bonsai Book of Days listing, the original founding in 1948 was "at Takeyama near the ocean," and it was about fourteen years later that "he moved his nursery Seifu-En to Omiya since the ocean air and strong winds at the Tateyama location were proving unfavorable to good bonsai growing and maintenance."  The following locations are listed in this article but not on the official map above:

Ariake-en
1963
<2000
Saburo Ariyama
Ichisei-en
1974
<2000
Noboru Kaneko
Kanraku-en
1939
<2000
Gozaburo Nakamura
Kaoru-en
1925, May
<2000
Atsuo Kuraishi
Komatsu-en
1925
<2000
Ishida Shinjiro
Matsuo-en
1974
<2000
Kakutaro Komuro
Matsuyuki-en
1977
<2000
Teruo Kurosu
Seifu-en
c.1962
<2014
Shinji Ogasawara (1918-2006)
Tsui Sei-en
1925, August
<2000
Kato Ryukichi
Yagumo Mansei-en
1947
<2014
Hideo Kato (1918-2001)
Yoshiishi-en
1925
<2000
Yonezu Umejiro








Home  >  Bonsai History  >  Omiya Bonsai Nursseries