Sandai Shōgun

Japanese white pine, "Sandai Shōgun" (The Third Shogun), approximately 550 years old, Imperial Collection, 1938.

Sandai Shōgun (Japanese: 三代将軍　The Third Shogun) is one of the oldest-known living bonsai trees. Considered one of the National Treasures of Japan, it is in the Tokyo Imperial Palace collection.[1] A five-needle pine (Pinus pentaphylla var. negishi) known as Sandai Shogun (三代将軍, the third shogun) is documented as having been cared for by Tokugawa Iemitsu. [1][2] The tree is thought to be at least 500 years old and was first trained as a bonsai by, at latest, the year 1610.[1]


References

  1. ^ a b c Naka, John Yoshio (1982). Bonsai Techniques II. Bonsai Institute of California. p. 258.
  2. ^ "Oldest Bonsai trees". Bonsai Empire. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
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