International bonsai exhibition
5 - 7 October 2018
Opening: 05.10.2018, 18.00
Curator: Bogdan Pociask
While bonsai are known and admired the world over, a truly original manner of exhibiting this art is something quite special. The Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology is now showcasing two original ways of exhibiting bonsai, previously seen only in Japan: toko-kazari and zashiki-kazari. Master Nobuyuki Kajiwara unveils to us the beauty of bonsai, its evolution, and the diversity of its genres, as well as the nostalgia of the special season that is autumn.
The bonsai trees on show are exhibits received from Master Nobuyuki’s students and friends from Poland and Switzerland, for years mentored by their teacher.
The stylish space of a washitsu (traditional Japanese home) gives us an opportunity to view the unique keido arrangement prepared by Master Kajiwara.
Events held in conjunction with the bonsai exhibition:
October 5
* Guided tours and lecture will be translated consecutively from English
Admission free
Nobuyuki Kajiwara was born in 1951 in Fukuoka, Japan. He studied in Europe. In 1986 he became a student of bonsai under Master Terukichi Kato, the younger brother of Saburo and Hideo Kato. He completed his studies with a Nihon Bonsai Kyodo Kumiai (bonsai teacher’s certificate). In 1991 he returned to the United Kingdom. The following year he became the head teacher at the Università del Bonsai in Milan, where he has worked ever since, also supervising the affiliated bonsai museum.
Today Master Nobuyuki teaches and heads schools in several countries, notably in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and New Zealand. His involvement in Poland goes back to 2006, as the mentor of the Bonsai Juku group.
Kajiwara’s approach to bonsai, based on looking at a tree through the prism of nature and landscape, in combination with his quintessentially Japanese characteristics of patience and perfectionism in his work, makes him a remarkable teacher who respects the natural world and its changes over the successive seasons.
The bonsai trees on show are exhibits received from Master Nobuyuki’s students and friends from Poland and Switzerland, for years mentored by their teacher.
The stylish space of a washitsu (traditional Japanese home) gives us an opportunity to view the unique keido arrangement prepared by Master Kajiwara.
Events held in conjunction with the bonsai exhibition:
October 5
18.00 Opening of the exhibition
October 6
11.00 Guided tour with Nobuyuki Kajiwara
15.00 Meeting and lecture held by Nobuyuki Kajiwara
October 7
11.00 Guided tour with Nobuyuki Kajiwara
* Guided tours and lecture will be translated consecutively from English
Admission free
Nobuyuki Kajiwara was born in 1951 in Fukuoka, Japan. He studied in Europe. In 1986 he became a student of bonsai under Master Terukichi Kato, the younger brother of Saburo and Hideo Kato. He completed his studies with a Nihon Bonsai Kyodo Kumiai (bonsai teacher’s certificate). In 1991 he returned to the United Kingdom. The following year he became the head teacher at the Università del Bonsai in Milan, where he has worked ever since, also supervising the affiliated bonsai museum.
Today Master Nobuyuki teaches and heads schools in several countries, notably in the UK, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and New Zealand. His involvement in Poland goes back to 2006, as the mentor of the Bonsai Juku group.
Kajiwara’s approach to bonsai, based on looking at a tree through the prism of nature and landscape, in combination with his quintessentially Japanese characteristics of patience and perfectionism in his work, makes him a remarkable teacher who respects the natural world and its changes over the successive seasons.