Permissions and Photo Credits
The publisher and author thank those who have granted kind permission to reproduce images owned or produced by them, or to include poems or excerpts by them on the pages indicated. Every effort has been made to trace the copyright of all sources and the publisher will be happy to redress any errors or omissions in future editions.
Permissions
22, 23–4, 30–2, 40–2, 88–119, excerpts from The Bonsai Saga, How the Bicentennial Collection Came to America by Dr. John L. Creech, by permission of the National Bonsai Foundation.
45 Poem from “A Chinese Garden Court: The Astor Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 38 no. 3 (Winter 1980–81). Copyright © 1980 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Reprinted by permission.
63 John Naka quote from Timeless Trees by Mary Holmes Bloomer, Flagstaff, Arizona: Horizons West, 1986, by permission.
63 John Naka proverb from Even Monkeys Fall Out of Trees by Nina Shire Ragle, Laguna Beach, California: Nippon Art Forms, 1987, by permission.
86 Eulogy quote from Rev. Marvin Harada, by permission.
Photo Credits
All images courtesy of the U.S. National Arboretum and National Bonsai Foundation unless otherwise noted below, with special thanks to Michael J. Colella and Joe Mullan:
14 (Above) Gift of Mrs. Thomas Powel, Regent and Vice Regent for Rhode Island, and Mr. Powel, 1978; Courtesy Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association: W-1612/91.
14 (Above right) Gift of Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne, Library of Congress: FP2-Chadbourne, no. 8 (A size).
15 Courtesy Hoe Chuah.
17 (Far left) Yokohama Nursery Co. Catalog, 1898, p. 57, and (Left) Yokohama Nursery Co. Catalog 1910, cover; Courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library, Special Collections.
17 (Below) Courtesy Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden.
18 (Above left) Library of Congress: LC-J717-X99-2.
18 (Above) Photograph by Louis Buhle, 1915; Courtesy Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
19 (Right) Courtesy JC Raulston Arboretum at NC State University.
21 (Below) Courtesy Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
31 (Left) Wikimedia Commons.
41 (Below) Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1903.112.
45 (Below) Courtesy Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
47 (Above) Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Transfer from the U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury, F1980.167.
48 (Above left) Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase, F1975.15.
49 (Right) Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase, F1957.4.
57 (photo on left) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
59 (Above) Gift of Mrs. Stanley J. Johnson, Scripps College, Claremont, CA: 2000.1.69.
64 (Below right) Courtesy Neil Edmund.
78 (Above) Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.: Purchase, 1965.17.
117 Courtesy Peter Bloomer.
123 Saburo Kato image, courtesy Felix Laughlin.
123 Maria Rivera Vanzant image, courtesy Alan Walker.