I've owned this California Juniper for 20 or so years. It was originally collected by "Mr. California Juniper", Harry Hirao in (I'm guessing) the late 1970's. My first sensei, Bob Kato bought it from Harry. Bob never worked on it, and after He died in the mid 1980's I worked on it for his widow for a couple of years.. She decided that cash was more useful than the tree so I bought it.
No carving has been done on this tree. The wood is all natural, except for some jins at the top which were broken to shorten the tree and improve the apex.
The height from the pot rim is 41 inches.
Mike
Posted 9/12/10
Not long after I posted the last image of the juniper, I decided to repot it into this entirely different style pot. I think it gives it somewhat of a landscape appearance. The pot measures 37.5x16 inches. Even though it has just a fraction of the depth of the last pot, the tree conti9nues to thrive.
The pot originally belonged to my first Sensei, the late Bob Kato who passed in the mid 1980's.
No carving has been done on this tree. The wood is all natural, except for some jins at the top which were broken to shorten the tree and improve the apex.
The height from the pot rim is 41 inches.
Mike
Posted 9/12/10
Not long after I posted the last image of the juniper, I decided to repot it into this entirely different style pot. I think it gives it somewhat of a landscape appearance. The pot measures 37.5x16 inches. Even though it has just a fraction of the depth of the last pot, the tree conti9nues to thrive.
The pot originally belonged to my first Sensei, the late Bob Kato who passed in the mid 1980's.
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