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Ercolano, Naples
Villa Campolieto
22nd-24th February 2013
III KOKORO-NO BONSAI TEN 2013 EXHIBITION
"Exhibition of the soul, of the mind and of the heart"
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Report by Mrs.Daniela Schifano
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In an extraordinary venue , Villa Campolieto in Ercolano, has taken place the third edition of the National Exhibition “Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 of Bonsai and Suiseki: Exhibition of the soul , of the mind and of the heart”, organized by the friends of the Napoli Bonsai Club.
The President of the Club , Mr. Antonio Acampora, has explained the birth and the meaning of the Kokoro, which then develops in the theme of the exhibition : invented by the master Mr.Hideo Susuki, it wants to indicate the union among the mind , the soul and the heart, represented in Japan with a sole character exactly “Kokoro”, and which practically “defines the attitudes and the behaviours of whom is devoted to the bonsai”.
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The event , which has had the patronage of the Campania Region, of the Ercolano Community and of important national associations such as UBI, IBS, BCI,AIAS and the NBSKE, took place in the ancient halls of Villa Campolieto, one of the eighteenth Century residence built by noble Bourbons, located in the layer of the Vesuvio along the famous Golden Mile and pointed out on the gulf of Naples . Bonsai and Suiseki in contest have found a place in the richly frescoed halls , while at the entrance Visitors were welcomed by six sosakukazari, a creative display of bonsai, suiseki, handwritings and ikebana.
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Every display has been prepared in all particulars , starting from a main theme , the arrival of the Spring. Five Bonsai and one Suiseki have then been coupled to an handwriting , realized by Mrs. Daniela Di Perna or by an ikebana realized by Mrs. Maria Domenica Castrì.
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The sabine juniper of Mr. Sandro Segneri has been coupled to an haiku of Matsuo Basho, whose spring kigo clear waterfalls is reported in the handwriting by the teacher Mrs. Daniela Di Perna in the Gyosho-Sosho style.
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The suiseki of Mrs. Daniela Schifano, an island stone, has been coupled to an haiku of Tachibana Hokushi, whose spring kigo lost in the fog has a recall in the ikebana of Mrs. Maria Domenica Castrì , representing the fog surrounding the island , while the peach bud remembers both the coming spring and the immortality.
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The arriving of the spring is announced by the ikebana camelia bud , arranged in a raku pot leaned over a small canes’ matting , to evidence the acquatic environment in which closeness the itoigawa juniper of Mr. Matteo Testa lives.
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A program rich of great interest hints has accompanied the days of exhibit :
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The direct working of Mr. Tiberio Gracco of a shitakusa pot has been accompained by the lecture of Mr. Massimo Bandera on the aesthetic of pots and accompanying erbs ;
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Mrs. Luciana Queirolohas compared some Japanaese schools on the difficult and disputed subject of a suiseki display;
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Mr. Antonio Acampora has had an involving lecture on the cultivation and choice of accompanying erbs.
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the simultaneous Bonsai demos of the Bonsai Creativo School and of the Mediterranean Bonsai School;
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the workshop and the “Shodo” handwriting demo with display of works cared by Mrs. Daniela Di Perna;
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the workshop and the ikebana demo cared by Mrs. Maria Domenica Castrì ransui of the Sogetsu school;
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the lecture of Mr. Luca Bragazzi on the chlorophyl growth and of the photosynthetic function in Bonsai trees.
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The suiseki in contest were 16, and in addition there was displayed out of contest the stone of Geppino Mauriello “The shark”.
The sole judge of the event, Mrs. Luciana Queirolo, A.I.A.S. President and IBS Instructor, has assigned the awards offered by the Napoli Bonsai Club . In addition she has selected the stone for the Aias plate, for the IBS plate and for the plate presented by the Bonsai Suiseki Magazine, while Mr. Massimo Bandera has assigned the BCI certificate. Finally the ItalianSuiseki team has selected the stone for their own plate of merit.
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1° Prize for Suiseki
Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 Award
Mrs. Daniela Schifano
Pattern Stone - Mon' yo -seki
"Plots of branches, sparks of light"
Vietnam
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Mention of Merit
Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 Award
Mr. Fabrizio Buccini
Mo untain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
Liguria
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Mention of Merit
Kokoro-No Bonsai Ten 2013 Award
B.C.I. Award
Mrs. Laura Monni
Island Stone - Shimagata-ishi
"Magic at Sesel"
Liguria
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A.I.A.S. Plaque
Mr. Cosimo Pepe
Object Stone - Sugata -ishi
"Yurikono yume - The dream og Julia"
Liguria
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I.B.S. Plaque
Mrs. Daniela Schifano
Island Stone - Shimagata -ishi
"On the sky and sea courses"
Liguria
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Bonsai Suiseki Magazine Award
ItalianSuiseki Award
Mr. Geppino Mauriello
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
Liguria
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Mr. Raffaele Cacace
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
"Gaugamela : beginning and ending of great kings"
Liguria
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Mr. Giuseppe Cordone
Pietra Oggetto - Sugata-ishi
"Escaped woman"
Sicilia
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Mr. Paco Donato
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
Liguria
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Mr. Giuseppe Filocamo
Tunnel Stone - Domon-ishi
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Mr. Filippo Lanfranchi
Object Stone - Dobutsu-seki
"The ever lasting wisdom"
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Mr. Antonio Marino
Island Stone - Shimagata-ishi
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Mr. Antonio Marino
Object Stone - Sugata-ishi
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Mr. Geppino Mauriello
Out of contest
Object Stone - Dobutsu-seki
"The shark"
Liguria
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Lake Stone - Tamari-ishi
Vietnam
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Mr. Umberto Ziniti
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
"Travelling unexplored valleys "
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Mr. Umberto Ziniti
Mountain Stone - Yamagata-ishi
"The sacred Mountain labyrinth"
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