Ben Oki Tribute
Within any art form, there are pioneers and leaders who dedicate their lives to expanding, sharing, and elevating the knowledge of that art. When it comes to North American bonsai, Ben Oki is one of those pioneers. In this piece, we explore Ben’s journey and legacy, and bring one of his trees - an incredible yamadori California juniper - back to its former glory. This tree is being auctioned by the California Bonsai Society to support the the Ben Oki Scholarship Fund, for practitioners that want to further their bonsai education; to participate in the auction or donate to the scholarship fund, visit bit.ly/2NHIaCA
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This was so powerful! Count me in!
I came back to watch this a second time. I have so much gained love and appreciation for you and Ben Oki. Thank you so much.
Best tree i have seen till today ❤ respect
He went to the Philippines in early 1990 visit. And taught us the upside down grape tree bonsai, fast wiring, split in half tree, bonsai ICU rehab, Jin and Shari,etc. Small crowd, most are Philippine bonsai champions. But I was lucky to be part of the seminar as a beginner then.
I just saw this tree in person about a month or so ago in Atlanta at the Botanical Gardens for their bonsai festival. Seeing this beautiful specimen is what had made me pull the trigger and start my bonsai journey. It's doing great and looks amazing. I think it's in good hands Ryan!
Unbelievable perfection in art.
Man...words cant describe the feeling this video gave me. Amazing amazing amazing!
What a great video,thanks from the UK
Best bonsai storyteller, every Mirai’s video is an emotional adventure!!! All my appreciation for your passion!!
This is lovely. Thanks for giving back to the community!
Really appreciate you guys for making this!
This man is A LEGEND IN THE WORLD OF BONSAI! LOVE HIS WORK... Beautiful trees ... absolutely beautiful trees and pots. MAD RESPECT
Very touching, Japanese bonsai Masters are incredible and inspires respect 👍
Ryan’s designs are pushing boundaries and I think it comes from such a great platform of students driving it and hungry for knowledge. I have to say Mr Kimura himself would respect just how good you have become, and no doubt you are at the very peak of bonsai design in the modern world. This design and container are superb. Ben clearly had a special eye and his investment of time into Ryan has pushed bonsai to a new level. Great respect to you both and the project
Incredibly stunning...the gravity of its beauty is breath-taking. The context of its existence and history make it that much more awe inspiring.
A ton of history on this video. A lot of history on this tree. It’s what makes the tree (apart from its appearance) beautiful and more special. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing
The Bonsai, absolutely stunning. The story, absolutely heart felt. The cause, absolutely admirable. Wished I had that opportunity with the scholarship 34 years ago (I'm currently 42).
My word... that tree really speaks as an ambassador for Bonsai , that blade is like wave with Mount Fuji by its side. Absolute enchantment for the eye and mind .
Even if this is an older video, I just barely seen this. You done a fantastic job of honoring him 👏 and you just keep inspiring me to do my very best. Thank you.
Story bonsai, passion… pure emotions !!! thanks for sharing Ryan
Hello Ryan. Very awesome way that you carry on the design on the tree and knowing the way Ben would have design this tree. Hope it lives on for the next 100 years. Ryan I think Ben is smiling up in Heaven and I bet he working in God's Nursery help out Those awesome BONSAI TREES in Heaven. Ryan take care on God Bless you and Family. PS also your Bonsai Nursery. Greg of Ohio
Great Piece of Great Art. Superb.
What a wonderful story about how following opportunities and working hard lead to a fullfilled and fully skilled career... 🥰🥰🥰
Great job it’s Beautiful and powerful👍👍👍
Amazing and heartfelt story and I hope the tree goes to a wonderful home.
Thank you.
Stunning and a beautiful tribute to a amazing man
Extremely moving and heartfelt. Amazing tribute.
Awesome video. Amazing history and very touching. Wonderful tree. Congratulations and Respect.
Awesome video! Heartfelt! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Amazing video, amazing story. I feel very humble just watching this.
Very moving and brilliantly done.
This made me have hope for the future ! What an outstanding specimen !
Amazing person, both of you.
Wow, that was a joy to watch!
Thank you for this video.
beautiful video, as always, thanks
Gorgeous brilliant tree... gorgeous brilliant man.
Beautiful video. Well done.
Hello from Vienna. The TREE is astonishing - metaphysical.
Amazing art
Beautiful.
Amazing tree. Good luck with the project.
Phenomenal! Thank you for the dedication and contribution. Best regards
Me encantan tus trabajos. Muchas gracias y saludos desde España 🇪🇸
So amazing video.
you are teaching me many good things, thankyou.
Well done .... Beautiful video ...👌
Amazing video
Lovely tribute. Shared!
Epic!!! Great content!!!
thanks for sharing
Awesome
beautifull tree
Bonito video, gran Edición.
Good work. The white wood became a cliff for the hanging living portion
magnífico
GREAT
Wow beautiful bonsai. In Indonesia, I try to make bonsai ficus tree and tamarin tree from seed.
Only recently the placement of the tree in a pot has become so much more important to my bonsai
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Tutkulu bir şekilde bonzai sanatını seviyorum . 😍❤️❤️🌳🌍🌳❤️❤️
I'm not crying, you're crying
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Hello, I would like to know that do we need to collect such big trunk trees from wild forest or can we make trees of young ones to enlarge their trunks at this point.
@dk2614
4 жыл бұрын
You will never likely in your lifetime be able to grow a tree with that much character, size, ect. Unless you find driftwood or a dead tree and create something called a tanuki or Phoenix graft. It is possible to develop impressive bonsai in your lifetime but size and age you cannot do without time. Finding yamadori can be done in the urban landscape or wild but it should be approached with respect and responsibility. In countries like Japan it may be illegal to collect wild trees and in places like Indonesia wild trees have been collected to the detriment of habitat loss.
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*Sold for $16.500.00*
"this is what I've Ben through"
Your bonsai is very #drbonsai
Who made that pot?
Did you do 4 years in Japan as an apprentice? Cheers mate
Hi
Bonsai in America does not pass down to generation but it to sell or donated for profit.
12:30 plants have genders?
@DrewTega
4 жыл бұрын
Not all but lots of them do. Sometimes gender identification can be as easy as does the tree have berries or pinecones. You can see a berry at 11:54
imagine making this thing look like a tidal wave or a spiral dam his styling to it was terrible
i really dont like what he did with the foliage and branches this could have been THE PERFECT wind blowing look bonsai or even a dam good cascade what the hell was those branch wirings and the messy spread out foliage