| Title |
Japanese Art: Bonsai [113] Examples in America (007) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Bonsai American, 2 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1952 |
| Subject |
Bonsai--Photographs; Japanese maple--Photographs; Trees; Japanese maple |
| Keywords |
Art |
| Description |
Photo shows a bonsai (probably a Japanese maple tree), possibly located in a garden in Sierra Madre, California or possibly located somewhere in Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Bonsai, circa 1950s. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. "Bonsai (盆栽 Japanese) (lit. plantings in tray, from bon, a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings) is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years, and has evolved its own unique aesthetics and terminology. 'Bonsai' is a Japanese pronunciation of the earlier Chinese term penzai (盆栽). A 'bon' is a tray-like pot typically used in bonsai culture. ... The purposes of bonsai are primarily contemplation (for the viewer) and the pleasant exercise of effort and ingenuity (for the grower). By contrast with other plant cultivation practices, bonsai is not intended for production of food, for medicine, or for creating yard-size or park-size gardens or landscapes. Instead, bonsai practice focuses on long-term cultivation and shaping of one or more small trees growing in a container."--Wikipedia Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: Maple- Jack Hahns Garden- Nov. 1952 S. Madre, Calif., Bonsai; Note: Appears to be similar to image with File Name: bonsai_japanese_048 and original caption information provided as: Bonsai c. 1950s Japan |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6m62250 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
331257 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m62250 |
