As the trees on exhibit move past their peak fall color we replace them with trees that are just beginning to shine. Here are the new additions as well as a few from the first post that look better than they first did.

Trident Maple, Donated by Stanley Chin, Age Unknown

Closeup of netsuke

Japanese Maple, Donated by Shintaro Abe, In training since 1946.

Red Maple, Acer rubrum var. Drummondii, Donated by Vaughn Banting, In training since 1974.

Cedar Elm, Ulmus crassifolia, Donated by Arch Hawkins, In training since 1981.

Close-up of trunks and branch structure.

Bald Cypress, Donated by Vaughn Banting, In training since 1972.

Ginkgo biloba, Donated by Masayuki Fujio, In training since 1896.

Japanese Privet, Ligustrum obtusifolium, Donated by Seiko Koizumi, In training since 1968.

Trident Maple, Donated by Ted Guyer, In training since 1975.

Japanese Maple, Donated by Ryutaro Azuma, In training since 1906.

Liquidambar, Donated by…

Reputo  geniale la trovata pubblicitaria di Fastweb a Milano dove la  fermata metro Cadorna  è stata trasformata in una fermata tipica di Tokyo, con tanto di giapponesine in costume, pubblicità e  prodotti tipici del popolo con gli occhi a mandorla. I passeggeri (disorientati)  hanno creduto realmente di trovarsi in Giappone, ma usciti dalla metro, la tipica nebbia padana ha riportato la situazione alla normalità, nessuna passeggiata turistica dunque, ma solo una veloce corsa a lavoro, è tardi, veloce, produrre, produrre! 🙂

La fibra ottica ti porta dall’altra parte del mondo in un secondo. Milano – Tokyo in pochi secondi, giusto quelli che separano due stazioni. G-E-N-I-A-L-E!

I’ll start with a couple caveats: I’m not the pots expert…studying, yes, but no hopes to be the savant who proofed this post before it landed; thanks again Ryan Bell, for your expertise and continued research. This is an aggregation of what I’ve found out there, because I like Koyo pots.

I believe Koyo pots will become more collectible as his production wanes, although he has been a prolific potter, so the scarcity isn’t the same as Tofukuji’s work.

First, a bio from Potterie Du Monde.

“Born Aiba Kouichirou, July 26, 1944
He opened his kiln, known as ‘the garden pottery Kouyou’ in 1970. Thereafter, in 1972 he won an award in the technical section and design during the first organization in the prize * Chouza. He also won in 1981, the prize of encouragement during the first design competition.

He shows his work focuses not only around the…