Special Cover on the Occasion of All India Bonsai Convention & Exhibition
Aug 1st, 2010 by IndianStampGhar.com
Special Cover on the Occasion of All India Bonsai Convention & Exhibition was issued at Mysore By India Post
Bonsai (Japanese literally ‘potted plant’) is the art of aesthic miniaturization of trees by growing then in containers. Originating in Chinese pen-zai and pen-jing (Chinese ‘tray scenery’), Japanese bonsai developed its locali9zation of techniques and asethetics after its introduction to Japan by imperial embassies returning from China in the ninth century. In Western culture, the word ‘bonsai’ is commonly used as an umbrella term for all miniature trees. In korean it is called bujae. At first, the Japanese used miniaturized container-grown trees for
Date Of issue:-24.11.2007.
Contributed By Sreejesh Krishnan
