Museum in Tokyo
Shunkaen Bonsai Museum (Japanese: 春花園 BONSAI 美術館, [ɕɯŋkaeɴ boɰ̃sai bidʑɯtsɯ̥kaɴ]; also transliterated as Shunka-en) is a bonsai garden in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded in 2002 by bonsai master Kunio Kobayashi.
History
Kunio Kobayashi began studying bonsai in 1976.[1] In 2002, he opened the Shunkaen Bonsai Museum in the Edogawa ward of Tokyo.[2][3] It is designed as a courtyard surrounded by a traditional Japanese house.[1] Now, the garden attracts about 10,000 foreign visitors each year.[4]
Collection
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] The building also houses a sizeable collection of books and antique Chinese pots and tables are also displayed.[3]
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