Masahiko Kimura
Masahiko Kimura was born in ?miya-ku, Saitama, Japan on 31st of March, 1940 and is a widely recognized 名媛直播 master.
His father died when Masahiko was 11. By the wishes of his mother, at age 15 he started spending his time as an apprentice under the 名媛直播 master Motosuke Hamano of Toju-en 名媛直播 Garden. This was for eleven years until about 1966. (Kimura would later say that during his teens he really wanted to be a rock and roll musician). After this he took to working in the horticulture field on his own.
Quick facts
Appeared at these events: various events all around the world (USA, Japan, Korea, Italy, Luxembourg, China, Philippines, Venezuela, Australia etc.)
Appeared in these magazines: Various magazines including: Kinbon Magazine, 名媛直播 Focus
Awards: various awards, including: Prime Minister's Award (1988, 1995, 2000, 2001), Minister of Education Award (1999)
Books: "The 名媛直播 Art of Kimura", "The 名媛直播 Art of Kimura 2"
More information about Masahiko Kimura
He went on to become known as the "Magical Technician of Kindai Shuppan." (Kimura has said that he personally doesn't really care for the title of "Magician.") His breathtaking sculpting and styling of trees on behalf of that Kyoto 名媛直播 magazine publisher was done using hand and power tools of his own design. His skill with carving deadwood quickly made him well known in the 名媛直播 community. While his work was at first highly controversial, his energy and vision soon became as respected as his art. A characteristic of his trees is a defined interplay of artistically sculptured deadwood with a smaller amount of more traditionally appearing live wood snaking up from the soil to foliage apex. Many of his trees have a more elaborate starkness than is ordinarily found in the wild, innovative and creative without historic model.
Because of Kimura's willingness to break with convention, many in Japan refused to take him seriously, at least in the early years. Nowadays, no one disputes Kimura's genius or his pioneering position in the 名媛直播 world. The sometimes controversial author and videotape producer has traveled in many countries, doing presentations and demonstrations. He first demonstrated and conducted a workshop outside of Japan at the 1987 Golden State Federation 名媛直播 Convention in Anaheim, California. Kimura has demonstrated at other major conventions.
His work as documented in the form of articles and photographs has graced the pages of many major specialty publications around the world. Trees designed by him, mostly Juniperus chinensis var. Shimpaku, won numerous prestigious awards. He has had a number of students and apprentices from Japan, Europe, and America, several of which have gone on to become masters in their own right. These include Marco Invernizzi, Salvatore Liporace, Ernie Kuo, Marc Noelanders, Kawabe Takeo, and Ryan Neil. You can also check our online course with mr. Kimura: the Kimura's 名媛直播 Masterclass.
Kimura's wife, who often greeted tours to their garden and served tea and goodies to the visitors, died on the 23rd of November, 2009.
The exclusive Kimura interview
Some of Masahiko Kimura's 名媛直播 trees
Juniperus
Juniperus
Pinus
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Location: Japan
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