| This is a partial "wish-list" for the Bonsai Book of Days. Please
contact us if you have any information for any of the following:
Birthdates and places (and, where applicable, death dates and places)
for these masters, teachers, authors, and other persons, among others:
| Lynn R. Perry Alstadt |
Dr. George Avery |
Constance Derderian (d.1988) |
| Marybel Balendonck |
Jack E. Billet |
Vaughn Banting |
| Mary P. Case |
Boh Chit Hee |
Soboku Nishihira |
| Dan Barton |
Peter Chan |
Gianfranco Giorgi |
| Dr. John Creech |
Maria Elena de Duran |
Peter D. Adams |
| Dr. David Andrews |
James Barrett |
Doris W. Froning |
| Earl Donovan |
Sam Doi |
Hu Yunhua |
| Marion Gyllenswan |
Haruo "Papa" Kaneshiro (1907-1991) |
Chiu-Chian Chiang |
| Tomekichi Kato (d.1946) |
Jozan Hirota (b.1896?) |
Budi Sulistyo (b. 1952) |
| Masakuni Kawasumi |
Vita (b.1909) and Dorothy Koreshoff |
Paul Lesniewicz (b.1941, Heidelberg) |
| Mas Imazumi |
E. Felton Jones |
Harry Hirao |
| Norman Haddrick |
Jorge Lucero |
Becky Lucas |
| A.E. Kemmerling |
Lee Holdokowski (b.c.1890) |
Muriel Leeds |
| Tei'ichi Katayama (b.1908) |
John Kiktavi |
Nobuichi Koide (d.1987) |
| Shichinosuke Kawasumi (a.k.a. Masakuni I, 1880-1950) |
Norio Kobayashi |
Lu Xuenming |
| Count & Countess Matsudaira (d.1943?) |
Keiji Murata |
Kenji Murata (b.1901) |
| Shigeru Nagatoshi (d.2000) |
Roy Nagatoshi |
Pedro Morales |
| Fred Lape |
Frank Nagata |
Alice Mizunaga Naka |
| Soboku Nishihara |
Mary E. Mrose |
Charlie & Cheryl Owens |
| Zeko Nakamura (b.c.1900) |
Pius Notter |
Shinobu Nozaki |
| Shinji Ogasawara (b.1918, Hokkaido) |
Frank Okamura |
Salvatore Liporace |
| Richard K. Ota |
Jerald P. Stowell |
Ritaro Shimizu |
| Rémy Samson |
Stephen and Peter Tim |
Hotsumi Terakawa |
| Ken Sugimoto (b.1909) |
Peter Sugiwara |
James B. Ransohoff, Jr. |
| Tahei Susuki |
Fusazo Takeyama (d. Feb. 1979) |
Chyokichi Takahashi |
| Yee-Sun Wu (b.1906?) |
George Yamaguchi |
Kanichiro Yashiroda |
| Keiko Yamane |
Dorothy Young (d.2001) |
Harry Tomlinson |
| Toshiji Yoshimura |
Xu Sahobai (b.1908?) |
Zhao Qinguan |
| Homei Iseyama |
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Official organization dates, places, first officers, first show, founding
and current number of members of these organizations, among others:
| Nippon Suiseki Association (May 1961) |
Federation of British Bonsai Societies (1981) |
| Bonsai Group of Japan Society of London (1961) |
European Bonsai Association (1980) |
| Bonsai-Club Deutchland |
European Suiseki Association (May 1992) |
| Bonsai Society of Greater New York (1963) |
National Bonsai Foundation (1982) |
| Golden State Bonsai Federation (Feb. 1978) |
Hawaii Bonsai Association (1970) |
| Honolulu Bonsai Kenkyu Club (1956?) |
Kusamura Bonsai Club (1960) |
| Swiss Bonsai Club |
Bonsai Society of South Africa |
| Seinan Bonsai Club (1961, later Nampu Kai) |
West Los Angeles Bonsai Club (1939?) |
| Western Suburbs Bonsai Group |
Fuji Bonsai Club |
| Indian Bonsai Association (1972) |
Bonsai Society of Australia (Aug. 1965) |
First publication dates and places for these publications:
| Bonsai Techniques (1973) by John Y. Naka |
| Bonsai -- Dwarf Potted Trees (Autumn 1953, BBG) |
| The Bonsai Workshop (1994) by Herb L. Gustafson |
| Dwarf Trees (Bonsai) (1940) by Shinobu Nozaki |
| Bonsai: Its Art, Science, History, and Philosophy (1984) by
Deborah R. Koreshoff |
| Bonsai (1965), 1st edition of Sunset Magazine's book |
| Man Lung Garden Artistic Pot Plants (July 1969) by Yee-Sun Wu |
| Bonsai Sekai (Bonsai World) (May 1970, monthly) |
| Kindai Bonsai (Contemporary Bonsai) (1977, monthly) |
| International Bonsai (Feb. 1979, quarterly) |
| Bonsai Today (May/June 1989, bimonthly) |
First show date and place and background details for:
| Frank Nagata Memorial Winter Silhouettes Show |
| Kokufu Bonsai-ten |
| Asia Pacific Bonsai and Suiseki Exhibition |
| "Grandview Bonsai Exhibition" (Nippon Bonsai Taikan) (1981) |
| bonsai at Chelsea Flower Show (1962) |
Official opening dates of the bonsai collections at these locations:
| Arnold Arboretum |
Brooklyn Botanic Gardens |
| Montreal Botanical Garden |
Huntington Botanical Gardens (1966) |
| Punjae Artpia (Korea, July 1992) |
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Official opening dates for these establishments:
| Dallas Bonsai Garden (1965) |
Brussel's Bonsai Nursery (1974) |
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