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{{Nihongo|'''Masahiko Kimura'''|木村 正彦|Kimura Masahiko|1940- }} is a Japanese bonsai artist, born in [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama]] on March 31, 1940. He is not related to the judo practitioner also named [[Masahiko Kimura]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://webecoist.com/2009/06/09/tree-art-6-amazingly-creative-bonsai-artists/ |title= Tree Art: 6 Amazingly Creative Bonsai Artists |publisher=WebEcoist |date= |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref>
{{Nihongo|'''Masahiko Kimura'''|木村 正彦|Kimura Masahiko|1940- }} is a Japanese bonsai artist, born in [[Ōmiya-ku, Saitama]] on March 31, 1940.
==Career==
==Career==
When Kimura was 11, his father died. Kimura wanted to be a a [[rock and roll]] musician as a teenager, but at age 15, following the wishes of his mother, he started an apprenticeship at Toju-en Bonsai Garden, under master Motosuke Hamano. His apprenticeship lasted eleven years.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Masahiko Kimura - Bonsai Empire |url=https://www.bonsaiempire.com/locations/bonsai-artists/masahiko-kimura |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.bonsaiempire.com}}</ref>
When Kimura was 11, his father died. Kimura wanted to be a [[rock and roll]] musician as a teenager, but at age 15, following the wishes of his mother, he started an apprenticeship at [[Ōmiya Bonsai Village|Toju-en Bonsai Garden]], under master Motosuke Hamano. His apprenticeship lasted eleven years.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Masahiko Kimura - Bonsai Empire |url=https://www.bonsaiempire.com/locations/bonsai-artists/masahiko-kimura |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=www.bonsaiempire.com}}</ref>


Nowadays, Kimura is regarded as a genius and innovator in the bonsai world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonsaitrees.com/detail.php?id=710 |title=The Magician: The Bonsai Art of Kimura 2 |publisher=DaSu Bonsai Studios |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-08 |title=Bonsai Master Masahiko Kimura Creates Gravity-Defying Mini Forests |url=https://mymodernmet.com/masahiko-kimura-bonsai-master/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=My Modern Met |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Snyder |first=Michael |date=2021-11-09 |title=The Ever-Evolving Art of Bonsai |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/t-magazine/bonsai-plants-trees-craft.html |access-date=2022-04-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Britany |date=2016-05-25 |title=Learning to grow: the American bonsai master who starved for knowledge |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/25/american-bonsai-mirai-master-japan-ryan-neil |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> His trees are known for their intricate [[Deadwood bonsai techniques|deadwood]] features and their harsh, stark features.<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Urbanski, Kay 1991 12–14">{{cite journal |author=Urbanski, Kay |year=1991 |title=The World of Masahiko Kimura |journal=ABS Bonsai Journal |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=12–14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bonsai, Art and Kimura by Gunter Lind |url=http://www.bonsaipots.net/index.php?page=art-and-kimura |publisher=bonsaipots.net |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> His modern style is also very demanding on trees, which must be dramatically bent and twisted.<ref name=":2" /> Within the bonsai community, he has become known as the "Magical Technician of ''Kindai Shuppan''".<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Urbanski, Kay 1991 12–14" />
Nowadays, Kimura is regarded as a genius and innovator in the bonsai world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonsaitrees.com/detail.php?id=710 |title=The Magician: The Bonsai Art of Kimura 2 |publisher=DaSu Bonsai Studios |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-08 |title=Bonsai Master Masahiko Kimura Creates Gravity-Defying Mini Forests |url=https://mymodernmet.com/masahiko-kimura-bonsai-master/ |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=My Modern Met |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Snyder |first=Michael |date=2021-11-09 |title=The Ever-Evolving Art of Bonsai |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/t-magazine/bonsai-plants-trees-craft.html |access-date=2022-04-21 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Britany |date=2016-05-25 |title=Learning to grow: the American bonsai master who starved for knowledge |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/25/american-bonsai-mirai-master-japan-ryan-neil |access-date=2022-04-21 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> He specializes in [[Juniperus chinensis 'Shimpaku'|shimpaku junipers]].<ref name=":4" /> His trees are known for their intricate [[Deadwood bonsai techniques|deadwood]] features and their harsh, stark features;<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Urbanski, Kay 1991 12–14">{{cite journal |author=Urbanski, Kay |year=1991 |title=The World of Masahiko Kimura |journal=ABS Bonsai Journal |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=12–14}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Bonsai, Art and Kimura by Gunter Lind |url=http://www.bonsaipots.net/index.php?page=art-and-kimura |publisher=bonsaipots.net |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> this modern style is very demanding on trees, which must be dramatically bent and twisted.<ref name=":2" /> Within the bonsai community, he has become known as the "Magical Technician of ''Kindai Shuppan''".<ref name=":3" /><ref name="Urbanski, Kay 1991 12–14" />


Kimura has done presentations and demonstrations around the world, and his work has appeared in numerous bonsai publications.<ref name=":3" /> He won the Prime Minister's Award for the years 1988, 1995, 2000, and 2001, and the Minister of Education Award in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-bonsai.com/masterpieces.html |title=Masterpieces |publisher=j-bonsai.com |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> His past apprentices include [[Marco Invernizzi]], Salvatore Liporace,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/Liporace%20Demo%20page1.htm |title=Slanting a Juniperus prostrata to create the correct angle by Salvatore Liporace |publisher=www.bonsai4me.com |accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref> Ernie Kuo,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pnbca.com/instructors.html |author= Liporace, Salvatore |title=Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association Bonsai Instructors |publisher=Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association |accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref> Marc Noelanders, Kawabe Takeo, and Ryan Neil.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magiminiland.org/Days/TeachersSpread.pdf |title= The Lineage of Some of Our Teachers |publisher=Magical Miniature Landscapes |accessdate=2013-01-27}}</ref>
Kimura has done presentations and demonstrations around the world, and his work has appeared in numerous bonsai publications.<ref name=":3" /> He won the Prime Minister's Award for the years 1988, 1995, 2000, and 2001, and the Minister of Education Award in 1999.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.j-bonsai.com/masterpieces.html |title=Masterpieces |publisher=j-bonsai.com |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> His past apprentices include [[Marco Invernizzi]],<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Masahiko Kimura's Bonsai garden - Bonsai Empire |url=https://www.bonsaiempire.com/inspiration/bonsai-japan/masahiko-kimura |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=www.bonsaiempire.com}}</ref> Salvatore Liporace,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bonsai4me.com/AdvTech/Liporace%20Demo%20page1.htm |title=Slanting a Juniperus prostrata to create the correct angle by Salvatore Liporace |publisher=www.bonsai4me.com |accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref> Ernie Kuo,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pnbca.com/instructors.html |author= Liporace, Salvatore |title=Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association Bonsai Instructors |publisher=Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association |accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref> Marc Noelanders, Kawabe Takeo, and [[Ryan Neil]].<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magiminiland.org/Days/TeachersSpread.pdf |title= The Lineage of Some of Our Teachers |publisher=Magical Miniature Landscapes |accessdate=2013-01-27}}</ref>
===Published works===
===Published works===
Katsuhito Onishi edited the Japanese texts ''The Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan'' in 1982, ''Part II'' in 1984, and ''Part III'' in 1989. The English version, made up of ''Part II'' with some of ''Part I'', was published as ''The Bonsai Art of Kimura'' by Stone Lantern Publishing Co. in 1992.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.magiminiland.org/Books/19501999OZ.html |title= The Books on Bonsai and Related Arts, 1950-1999 O-Z |publisher=Magical Miniature Landscapes |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> ''The Magician: the Bonsai Art of Kimura 2'' was released in 2007 by Stone Lantern.<ref name=":1" /> A Spanish translation, ''Masahiko Kimura: el técnico mágico del bonsai actual'' was published in 1988 by Ediciones Tyris, S.A., His 9-video 4-hour "Kimura Master Class" course was made available by [[Bonsai Empire]] in 2020.
Katsuhito Onishi edited the Japanese texts ''The Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan'' in 1982, ''Part II'' in 1984, and ''Part III'' in 1989. The English version, made up of ''Part II'' with some of ''Part I'', was published as ''The Bonsai Art of Kimura'' by Stone Lantern Publishing Co. in 1992.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.magiminiland.org/Books/19501999OZ.html |title= The Books on Bonsai and Related Arts, 1950-1999 O-Z |publisher=Magical Miniature Landscapes |accessdate=2009-11-18}}</ref> ''The Magician: the Bonsai Art of Kimura 2'' was released in 2007 by Stone Lantern.<ref name=":1" /> A Spanish translation, ''Masahiko Kimura: el técnico mágico del bonsai actual'' was published in 1988 by Ediciones Tyris, S.A., His 9-video 4-hour "Kimura Master Class" course was made available by Bonsai Empire in 2020.


==References==
==References==
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* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbF-l9bb2veRvn3wEZfs3QA, Kimura’s home Bonsai channel]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbF-l9bb2veRvn3wEZfs3QA, Kimura’s home Bonsai channel]
* [https://www.bonsaiempire.com/courses/kimura-masterclass, Kimura's Online Masterclass]
* [https://www.bonsaiempire.com/courses/kimura-masterclass, Kimura's Online Masterclass]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfnVq6KmZbo, "Bonsai of the present created by Mr. Masahiko Kimura - And his vision of bonsai for the future" by WABI Channel]


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Masahiko Kimura
A California juniper designed by Kimura, in the Bonsai Courts of the Huntington Library
Born1940
Ōmiya-ku, Saitama, Japan
Known forBonsai

Masahiko Kimura (木村 正彦, Kimura Masahiko, 1940-) is a Japanese bonsai artist, born in Ōmiya-ku, Saitama on March 31, 1940.

Career

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When Kimura was 11, his father died. Kimura wanted to be a rock and roll musician as a teenager, but at age 15, following the wishes of his mother, he started an apprenticeship at Toju-en Bonsai Garden, under master Motosuke Hamano. His apprenticeship lasted eleven years.[1]

Nowadays, Kimura is regarded as a genius and innovator in the bonsai world.[2][3][4][5] He specializes in shimpaku junipers.[6] His trees are known for their intricate deadwood features and their harsh, stark features;[1][7][8] this modern style is very demanding on trees, which must be dramatically bent and twisted.[5] Within the bonsai community, he has become known as the "Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan".[1][7]

Kimura has done presentations and demonstrations around the world, and his work has appeared in numerous bonsai publications.[1] He won the Prime Minister's Award for the years 1988, 1995, 2000, and 2001, and the Minister of Education Award in 1999.[1][9] His past apprentices include Marco Invernizzi,[6] Salvatore Liporace,[10] Ernie Kuo,[11] Marc Noelanders, Kawabe Takeo, and Ryan Neil.[5][12]

Published works

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Katsuhito Onishi edited the Japanese texts The Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan in 1982, Part II in 1984, and Part III in 1989. The English version, made up of Part II with some of Part I, was published as The Bonsai Art of Kimura by Stone Lantern Publishing Co. in 1992.[13] The Magician: the Bonsai Art of Kimura 2 was released in 2007 by Stone Lantern.[13] A Spanish translation, Masahiko Kimura: el técnico mágico del bonsai actual was published in 1988 by Ediciones Tyris, S.A., His 9-video 4-hour "Kimura Master Class" course was made available by Bonsai Empire in 2020.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Masahiko Kimura - Bonsai Empire". www.bonsaiempire.com. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
  2. ^ "The Magician: The Bonsai Art of Kimura 2". DaSu Bonsai Studios. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  3. ^ "Bonsai Master Masahiko Kimura Creates Gravity-Defying Mini Forests". My Modern Met. 2019-07-08. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  4. ^ Snyder, Michael (2021-11-09). "The Ever-Evolving Art of Bonsai". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  5. ^ a b c Robinson, Britany (2016-05-25). "Learning to grow: the American bonsai master who starved for knowledge". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  6. ^ a b "Masahiko Kimura's Bonsai garden - Bonsai Empire". www.bonsaiempire.com. Retrieved 2022-04-25.
  7. ^ a b Urbanski, Kay (1991). "The World of Masahiko Kimura". ABS Bonsai Journal. 25 (4): 12–14.
  8. ^ "Bonsai, Art and Kimura by Gunter Lind". bonsaipots.net. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  9. ^ "Masterpieces". j-bonsai.com. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  10. ^ "Slanting a Juniperus prostrata to create the correct angle by Salvatore Liporace". www.bonsai4me.com. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  11. ^ Liporace, Salvatore. "Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association Bonsai Instructors". Pacific Northwest Bonsai Clubs Association. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
  12. ^ "The Lineage of Some of Our Teachers" (PDF). Magical Miniature Landscapes. Retrieved 2013-01-27.
  13. ^ a b "The Books on Bonsai and Related Arts, 1950-1999 O-Z". Magical Miniature Landscapes. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
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