Saikei by Kawamoto ISBN 13: 9780870114182

Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1990. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Kodansha America. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Good. Foxing to edges and endpapers and DJ, else tight and clean. DJ also shows chippiing, water stain, small tears. Illus.

New York: Kodansha America, Incorporated, 1990. 10th Anniversary Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 10" x 7 1/4. 133 Pages. Previous owners name label with date "13 Jun 82" and price "$8.95" on front endpaper. This is the first book in English to describe the techniques of saikei, the most recent innovation in the timeless Japanese art of miniaturized plant culture. Saikei embraces the esthetic traditions of bonsai but allows a greater freedom in composition. Its use of ordinary stones and seedlings makes it a perfect beginning point for the aspiring bonsai enthusiast, while the bonsai connoisseur can derive pleasure in organizing the young plants into saikei patterns while he is waiting for them to mature. Saikei compositions are best suited to simple cement or earthenware trays that can be kept indoors or out, offering the city apartment dweller with space limitations or the person with his own garden equal opportunity to engage in this fascinating hobby. Saikei applies the same techniques… Read More

Kodansha International Ltd.:, 1980. First published in 1967, this book was reprinted as a paperback in 1980, 133 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "Saikei has no bounds; it aviods the rigid formality that is often evident in bonsai, lending itself more to experimentation and freedom to compostition." FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, oblong.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.