鈴木伸二さんのアトリエが過去最高に凄かったです【盆栽Q】

鈴木伸二さんのアトリエが過去最高に凄かったです【盆栽Q】

Hello. We are visiting Nagano Prefecture. As you all know, we are at Shinji Suzuki’s atelier. He is my senior apprentice. I have been here once before, but this is Mr. Q’s first visit. It’s a very nice atelier, so I will learn from him today. Shinji will be appearing. (Nice to meet you.) Welcome. I usually close the gate and concentrate on creating my works. Today, Shinji will be showing me around. Thank you. At the entrance, we welcome our customers with seasonal bonsai. It’s hot, so we chose cool bonsai. In autumn, we decorate with maples, and in spring, with cherry blossoms. We will proceed this way. Please guide us with a relaxed attitude. I understand. We can also decorate here with seasonal bonsai and enjoy it at our leisure. Here, we all choose and decorate bonsai that match the season. That’s right. We enjoy decorating beautiful bonsai at that time of year. (Amazing.) I am 62 years old now, but I have been taking care of this Ezo pine since I was 25 years old. This tree used to belong to my master. My master is Motosuke, the first owner of Tojuen. I have been taking care of this tree ever since I inherited it from him. I see. Ezo pines are very beautiful when they have new buds. This tree with the stone is also amazing. It’s very old. In recent years, the summers in Nagano are hot, so we have been shading it. It is a tough environment to grow Ezo pines in the Kanto region, but shading is also necessary in Nagano. When I first became independent, there was no need for shading, but now the tree seems happy when it is shaded. This is a jar with auspicious designs that was in the Iwasaki family. The Iwasaki family had a large collection. You can see the mountains over there. This is “Shinpaku world,” a collection of Shinpaku trees. (You can see an amazing rock over there!) That is a garden rock from the Ibi River. It weighs 8 tons. Half of the rock is buried underground. Yellow flowers bloomed around the stone, and it became “Happy mountain.” This tree also won the Prime Minister’s Award and the Kokufu Award at the Sakufu Exhibition. Was it about three years ago? Yes. It’s an old tree. (Amazing.) Famous works from all over Japan are gathered here. They are arranged in a way that they cannot be seen all at once. This is to allow people to see each bonsai individually. There is some space. That’s right. (What an amazing bonsai.) This is a Japanese cypress named “Garyu” that was owned by Mr. Iwasaki from Shikoku. It is a dragon poised to fly to the sky. (Please stand next to it, Kanta, so that we can compare the size of the bonsai.) (It’s so big! It’s impressive.) (Thank you.) This is another famous bonsai. Look at this bonsai from inside the room. You can hear the sound of flowing water, which is very pleasant. This is the tree that was used for the demonstration at the Taikan Exhibition. The picture on display was a rendering of the finished product, wasn’t it? Yes. The top of the tree looks like a phoenix, so I drew Hokusai’s phoenix in the painting. I heard that this place (Obuse Town, Nagano Prefecture) has a connection to Hokusai. Yes. It’s where Hokusai spent his later years. (The Hokusai Museum is also located here.) (Was the painting made with AI?) Yes. My apprentice made some modifications to it. (He’s an excellent apprentice.) This was grown from a cutting of Western jasmine that my master owned. It has a very nice scent. My master loved this. I see. My master loved it too. How long have you been growing it for? At first it was just this thin stalk. (Amazing.) I decorated this with an insect cage and insects to go with the blooming flowers. The insects escaped from the cage. It smells nice, doesn’t it? Yes. I love this scent. Please take a look at the exhibit here. The shinpaku tree looks like a dragon. It represents a dragon dancing in the sea of clouds and a mountain in the distance. The diagonal arrangement is very effective. At night, the buildings in the background disappear and only the exhibits stand out, which is very beautiful. (Amazing. All the trees are beautiful.) This tree is the wind god and thunder god. Yes. The actor and painter Tsurutaro Kataoka came up with the name. It’s a beautiful view from any angle here. This is a modern exhibit. There is a moon on display. We play with things like this. Even people who don’t know anything about bonsai will find this exhibit cool. There are many classical bonsai exhibits. Yes. I enjoy it as I like. The last time I visited here, Shinji wasn’t there. Today, Shinji will explain things to me, so I can understand it better. We change the location of the exhibits based on the sunlight and the balance of the exhibits. This was exhibited at BVLGARI. Cool! (Great balance.) Did you make this stone yourself? Yes. We made it into the shape we liked. The one over there is a Shinpaku tree named “Hagoromo”. It’s a very famous tree. I already feel fulfilled. I treasure every bonsai. Look at this tree. It has two trunks, so it’s named “Souryu”. This was the signature tree of Toujuen in the past. I’ve been taking care of it with my master since I was 18 years old. Even now, when I take care of this tree, I remember my master. So I’m full of gratitude. It’s wonderful . Where did this tree come from? It was originally in Itoigawa. After that, it was owned by various people and came to Toujuen in Omiya. I’m grateful and have many thoughts about how I’m currently taking care of it in my garden. Yesterday, I heard a memory about this bonsai. It was when I became an apprentice and was entrusted with wiring this bonsai six months ago. I worked without sleep for two days. In the middle of the night, I was surprised to feel a presence behind me. I finished working at four in the morning and went to another room to take a nap. I thought I had arranged this bonsai beautifully and perfectly. When I looked at the bonsai in the morning after my nap, the branches were messy. While I was taking a nap, my master made some adjustments. At the time, I thought, “My master is an old man, so he doesn’t understand modern sensibilities.” I have been involved with bonsai for many years, so I understand now. What my master was looking for was “natural beauty” and “aesthetics of unraveling.” I can now understand what my master was feeling. Since it is a tree that has survived in nature, it is no good to trim the branches beautifully. I didn’t understand that at 18 years old. That is one of the charms of bonsai. I can remember those days through bonsai. That’s right. My master has passed away, but this bonsai that lived with my master continues to live on. There is a romance in it continuing to live on with proper care even after I pass away. Dealing with living things is a culture that is not found in other arts. It is truly appreciated because your perspective changes as you experience various things. I would never have imagined that this bonsai from 50 years ago would be here now. And they probably wouldn’t have imagined that we’d be here talking. (The last apprentice and the third-generation owner talk in front of the first bonsai) I’m sure my master would be happy. This was the signature tree of Mansei-en, where my master trained. This is an old Itoigawa-Shinpaku tree. Will the pot stay the same? We’re going to change the pot and replant it at a different angle. This tree doesn’t have a name yet, so I’d like to name it “Hokusai.” It feels like a wave, like a Hokusai painting. It’s a very old tree. There are wonderful bonsai of various sizes lined up here. They’re all so amazing that I don’t know where to look. This maple is a bonsai that Fuyouen won an award for at the Sakufu Exhibition. It’s medium-sized, but very old. It was previously in an old Chinese lapis lazuli pot. The thin maple next to it was grown from a seedling from a maple tree growing near Toujuen. It’s also been growing for a long time. You can see how old it is by looking at the bark. I saw a mountain view earlier. This is a view of a mountain stream. I grew up in Sugadaira, a little ways from here. This is the view my father and I saw as we climbed the mountain stream. (What material was the road with the water flowing made of?) It was made of iron. The sound of the water is nice, isn’t it? There is a deer over there. This tree had white flowers blooming until the other day. It will soon bear red berries. Is this a dogwood? Yes. My master loved dogwoods, and so do I. (Big!) This is a big red pine. This was in the Uematsu family home in Shizuoka Prefecture. It was a tree that was decorated during the sankin-kotai system. It is a very old tree that has been planted in a pot for 500 years. It is a famous bonsai that has witnessed history. At the time, there were no pots to plant it in, so they carved out a stone and planted this tree. Over the years, it has grown into a big tree. (Amazing.) This tree saw a samurai. Amazing. Kanta is still in his 20s, so this tree is his senior. This black pine is an auspicious tree. First, it won the Prime Minister’s Award at the Sakufu Exhibition. Then, it won the Prime Minister’s Award at the Taikan Exhibition in Kyoto. And then, it won the Kokufu Award at the Kokufu Exhibition. (Amazing.) It’s a very old tree. It snows and is cold in the winter in Nagano, so it’s stored in this greenhouse during the winter. This is Sara, who came to Japan from Spain and became my disciple. This is a Shinpaku (Japanese juniper) that was displayed at the Osaka Expo 55 years ago. It’s a bonsai with such a history. This is the “Juniper (Tosyo)” for which I first won the Prime Minister’s Award. How old were you at the time? I was about 31 years old. When I finished this tree and showed it to my master, he said, “It’s too much.” I wondered if my master would fix this tree again? But I thought he was really right. Has your way of thinking changed since then? Yes. The branches are given a natural feel, but if they are too messy, it looks bad. This expresses the boundary between them. This is a bonsai tree that was owned by Prime Minister Kishi Nobusuke. Politicians in the past loved bonsai. This tree is also very old when you look at the bark. My teacher also loved bonsai trees. Yes, he did. So I naturally came to like bonsai trees too. This is a bonsai tree that was owned by Okuma Shigenobu. The name of this tree is “Ohkuma.” Is this tree cultivating the lower branches? Yes. Only the upper part has been pruned to adjust the overall balance. This tree was owned by the last shogun of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Yoshinobu. When I first saw this tree about 30 years ago, it was in a mess. It was transported to Shizuoka in 1944 to escape the war. At the time, it was loaded onto a truck with a tarp, and the bonsai that could not be loaded was fixed on top of the tarp. They were transported with the expectation that it would fall off. It had been in Shizuoka for a long time until I met it, but it was in a mess. It is now in good shape. It’s an amazing tree that has seen history. The years that have passed for bonsai are immeasurable. What is this hanging from the bonsai? That is a device to keep bugs away. What is this? This is camphor that is put in the chest. It is covered with vinyl so that the camphor does not get wet. It is effective in repelling bugs. I heard something good! Human cells are reborn about 50 times, so even if we live a long life, we can only live to be 120 years old. Plant cells are reborn forever, so they live long lives. Plants die because of natural disasters and pests. That’s why I take great care not to let my bonsai die. There are many old trees here, so I must be even more careful. I’m interested in this place. This is the “Happy garden”. My students and I discuss the plan for the day’s work here in the morning. Sometimes I ride the swing. This tree has fruit. Yes. The parent of this tree is in the garden of my great senior, Mr. Masahiko Kimura. My son studied under the teacher. The fruit fell in the teacher’s garden and sprouted into a seedling, which has now grown to this size. This year, it is full of fruit. These big fruits are from last year. This tree is auspicious because it will not fall until the next year. It has a nice shape because you are taking care of it. We also made this pond ourselves. We were given a turtle that Professor Kimura kept at his house and lived here. The turtle kept escaping, so it now lives in another place. We made this device so that the water circulates. The turtle was happy, but it escaped. This place is very spacious, so the turtle wanted to have an adventure. Does this place double as a greenhouse and a sunshade? This place is not heated. In winter, we store old trees here because it would be a shame for the roots to freeze. The disciples put blankets on the trees that have produced small branches. We live happily. (Happy life, right?) This black pine was in Suzuki Daikien, Okazaki City, Aichi Prefecture. An insect got into the new shoots of this black pine, and that’s how we discovered the bud cutting. This is the tree! This is the tree where bud cutting was discovered! It is amazing that bud cutting was discovered on this tree. (There is a lot of history here.) Please come this way. Here we cultivate and create works. There are six facilities like this in total. He is a 20-year-old apprentice from China. He is training hard. I look forward to working with you. We were taken care of by him yesterday. Thank you very much. This maple is “Ukon”. This facility will be heated for the winter exhibition. It has a double roof. If we bring it from cold Nagano to the exhibition venue, the buds will move because it is warm. When we bring it back to cold Nagano, we will adjust the temperature here. This is the maple that won the Kokufu Award this year. The leaves have grown thick and the appearance has changed. The leaves are very small. Yes. We pruned the leaves and did it like this. This is also a Japanese white pine called “Fuji” that was exhibited at the Osaka Expo 55 years ago. This tree also won the Kokufu Award. The tree next to it is called “Shelter from the Rain” and was displayed in the main location. The planting angle has changed since then, right? Yes. This beech is a tree that is a memory for me and my master. It’s a great tree. It ‘s now planted in a wooden box and is being adjusted. My master said that this tree is the best beech in Japan. I can say this now, but… I was home alone when I was 18 years old. At that time, it was in a very shallow pot. I failed to water it and it seemed to have run out of water, so the leaves wilted. My master cut the branch and let new buds sprout again. I felt sorry. Beech trees need a lot of water. I thought I made a mistake at the time. My apprentice is working here. Hello. Nice to meet you. He’s from Germany. (Nice to meet you.) He’s from Korea. Nice to meet you. He’s from China. Hello. We’re all working here. (Everyone is working on a nice tree.) Everyone is working hard. I don’t praise them much, but everyone is improving. How many years have you all been training? He’s been training for three years. He’s been training for one year. He trained for four years at a famous bonsai garden in China. And he’s here to finish his training. He’s a very good kid. This is the room where they wire the trees, and there is another room where they replant and carve. (I see. Aren’t you jealous, Kanta?) You won’t find such a wonderful facility anywhere in Japan. Was this building here when the bonsai garden was first built here? At first, it was a simple handmade building with no heating or air conditioning. You can go around the garden by passing through here. A turtle that escaped moved here. (I wonder what kind of turtle this is?) It seems to be a Japanese turtle. My son has had this green slider since he was in kindergarten. The turtle lives in a good environment. It lives in a better environment than me. So we’ve gone around the garden. Let’s have some tea here. This is a quiet town, is n’t it? Yes. This is a little far from the center of town. The gate is usually closed and the place is heavily fenced for crime prevention. And because foreign apprentices come and go, people living nearby may be suspicious. And because the police patrol the area, they may think that something suspicious is being produced. They may think so. Please come here. Here, we display bonsai that match the season. We displayed beautiful rock jasmine for this season. It is a view of the rocks jutting out. You can see a waterfall in the background. There is a rainbow. This space is a mountain stream with a kingfisher. This display is changed from time to time. Have you decided on a concept for this space? This is a display that allows you to enjoy the changing seasons and delights customers. It is a learning experience for the apprentices. (You can study display on a daily basis.) Yes. I do it every day. It is important to touch first-class products. That’s right. Apprentices who have just started learning first-hand will first learn how to clean and so on, so they will not touch them right away. Once they learn how to handle bonsai and display stands, they can practice displaying them. This is a gardenia that blooms this season. This is a painting by Tsurutaro Kataoka. The title is “Night Watch”. Here too, I have memories of my master. This is the stone I handled when my master first taught me about suiseki. Each shape of stone has a meaning. My master gave it to me when I graduated from being his disciple. I treasure this very much. (You have many mementos. Do you buy them when you find them?) Yes. There are various ways to get them. This is a memento from my childhood. My father died when I was 10 years old. This is a hosta that I found in a mountain stream where I was fishing with my father when I was eight years old. I have been growing it ever since I collected it then. It has been more than 50 years since it was planted in the pot at that time. It blooms like this every year. When I see this plant, I remember my father carrying me across deep water. This plant has not been replanted since then. So the roots are raised. The pot is inexpensive. This is of great value. I am very happy when the flowers bloom. There are many mementos here. Kanta is coming today, so I decorated it. This is a chrysanthemum stone that was owned by the Tokugawa family. The name of this stone is “Zuikoh”. It means “There is a good omen”. I hope that good things happen to Kanta. Thank you! Kanta is working very hard! (Kanta apparently consulted Shinji the day before.) This flower stand is the work of Ogawa Yuzan. He is the pinnacle of flower stand craftsmen. This part is also made by carving out wood. There are many first-class products here. This is a pot by Miura Chikusen, who was my master’s favorite. This is also a Kakiemon pot that my master owned. It is the 12th generation Kakiemon. This is a display stand made of boxwood. It is said that a lord in the past used it as a stand for stamping. He enjoyed placing small pots on this stand. (This pot is also amazing.) This pot is from Tofukuji Temple. The artist’s name is Mizuno Kisaburo, and he made combs. His combs stopped selling because celluloid combs became popular. So he started making bonsai pots, which was his hobby. He fired his pots in a shared kiln at Tofukuji Temple. The best places in the kiln were used by famous artists, so his pots were fired on the edge. He was a dedicated researcher, and gradually he started making good pots. My master told me that he came from Kyoto carrying the pots on his back to sell. But no one would buy them, so my master bought them. He was told that the price was the equivalent of a train fare. My master buried the pots as a pattern on the wall, but after he died, the price of the pots skyrocketed, so he dug them up. I also heard that he came from Kyoto to sell them. He was appreciated after his death, like Van Gogh. He was once poor, and he would ask the men who came to visit him why their works didn’t sell. Now his pots are highly valued and expensive. This is also a work from Tofukuji Temple. There are many valuable items here. The disciples study hanging scrolls so that they can choose them according to the season. I would be happy if they return to their hometowns and spread the word about bonsai. There are photos hanging there. Here is a photo of my master and me at age 18. This photo is also on display at Toujuen. I have my master’s photo on display here to show my gratitude and so that he can always watch over me. My master is looking at me. Here is Shinji at age 18. The bonsai behind him is a “Bukoh”. It is currently located at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum. The building has not changed since then. This photo was taken 40 years ago. Is this photo from a newspaper article? I don’t remember. Toujuen found a newspaper with this photo in it. Shinji had a perm around this time. I wanted to have a perm at the time, but I was scolded and then I shaved my head. Is that so? Yes . At that time, I received an allowance of 10,000 yen a month. My senior apprentice, Takahashi, had a perm, so I admired him and copied him. But he scolded me and I cut my hair. Everyone else had perms, but Shinji got scolded. Maybe he got scolded because I was cheeky. Please be careful of the uneven floor. This is where we store the stands for displaying bonsai. Here are the stands for displaying bonsai from the cliffs. We have various stands to match different trees. Here are the stands shaped like roots. We use these stands when we want to win the championship at the exhibition. We often work with our apprentices to match these to bonsai. Being able to handle these is a learning experience for our apprentices. When I was training, I was sometimes given time off when it rained. But even though I thought I could take a break, I was given the job of polishing these stands. But by touching the real thing, I was able to learn things like how heavy good materials are. There are some things you can only learn by touching the real thing. But when it rains, I expect to get a day off, so I was disappointed when I was given this job. Over there are some pots, would you like to see them? This is where the pots used in the Deimono exhibits, which are specially made for planting pine trees, are stored. (There are so many!) This is where I think about combining bonsai with pots. I look here for pots that go well with the Shinpaku and Kuromatsu trees I’m putting up for the exhibition. Over there are the Irohachi pots. Amazing. These are pots used for miscellaneous trees. For example, I chose the pot for the maple tree that won the Kokufu Award from here. Suiseki and water basins are also here. There are also works by famous artists. Here I put some smaller pots that I use as accompaniments. I don’t usually show this place to the public, but I’m showing it to you because it’s Kanta. When you line them up like this, you can see that there are many different types. They are secured with string to prevent them from falling in an earthquake. Did these buildings gradually increase in number? Yes. The old building over there could no longer hold everything, so it was expanded. There were also more places to put larger pots, so I began to lose track of where things were. This is the room where we do the sculptures. Would you like to see the equipment over there? Yes. Please show me. This machine is called a sandblaster. It is used to blow sand onto the trunk to bring out the wood grain. (It is a rare device, but are there only a few people who own it?) It takes a large space to install this equipment. My ideal is to be able to bring out the natural wood grain, so I installed this equipment. If you make a good tree, it will be treasured. This is the compressor. This is the dust collector. Is the type of sand you use important? Yes. We have done research on the sand we use. Large bonsai can fit in here too. If you blow sand from here, it is sucked in at the back and the sand is collected. We have tried various devices, but we are currently using this method. It is now narrow here because we are temporarily storing luggage here. Thank you. There were so many wonderful bonsai that it was hard to know where to look. I choose the best environment for each bonsai and place them in that place. The concept is also considered, so I learned a lot from this time. After this, the two of us will have a discussion. (This will be the next video.) Thank you. All of my bonsai origins were taught to me by my first master. I’m not like my master, but I teach them to my disciples. I think that’s my mission and I’m doing my best. I haven’t met the first Motosuke. He passed away before I was born. So I can’t hear his thoughts and words directly. So I want Shinji to continue to teach me. Of course. My master has told me this many times. What I’m going to tell you in a minute is what I’ve experienced for many years, so remember it well. I’ve come to understand those words well since I became independent. I tell my disciples that I’ll teach you what I’ve experienced while making mistakes, so remember it well. The weight of words from an experienced person. Yes. I’m really filled with gratitude. I’ll absorb them and do my best. Thank you. He is Shinji’s son. His eldest son is training at Kimura Sensei’s garden. He is training here. I am looking at his Instagram. Please tell me what kind of posts he makes. He posts bonsai from this garden, so please check it out and follow him. (As TEAM SUZUKI, he posts a combination of everyone’s work.) Yes. He posts before and after work. It’s a very educational post. (I will post his Instagram address in the description.)

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