BONSAI  AND  OTHER
MAGICAL  MINIATURE  LANDSCAPE
SPECIALTY  MAGAZINES


This is an ongoing compilation gathered from assorted books, articles, magazines, Web sites, correspondence, the Library of Congress, Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory, and The Standard Periodical Directory

Thanks, so far, to Margaret Berthelsen, Marco Favero, Nikunj Parekh, Stefan Sandstrom, Michel Vitrat, and Zillah Willmott for their assistance.
If you have any corrections, updates or additions, please e-mail rjb@phoenixbonsai.com

This Page Last Updated: October 2, 2007


 

ARGENTINA AUSTRALIA BRAZIL
SLOVAKIA
SOUTH AFRICA
UNITED STATES

 

On-Line Bonsai Magazines

Club Newsletters On-Line

Some Representative Magazine Covers




 
  ARGENTINA
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
El Arte y el Cultivo Bonsai
Spanish Asociacion Argentina de Bonsai
Marita de Gurruchaga 1998
2000
"The Art and Culture of Bonsai"


Solo Bonsai
Asociacion Argentina de Bonsai Marita de Gurruchaga June 1995


 

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AUSTRALIA
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bonsai Down Under English National Bonsai Society of Australia, Hurtsville, N.S.W. Zillah "Zill" Willmott (1977-early 80s?);
David Rich (-1989)
Autumn 1977 1989
Quarterly; 32 pp.  Discontinued due to inability of clubs to pay higher rates.


Bonsai in Australia English Castle Hill, N.S.W.  Vita and Dot Koreshoff September 1970 1991
Bimonthly; 32 pp.


Bonsai Journal of Australia English Western Suburbs Group Nev Marshall 1969 pre-1977
Bimonthly; 24 pp.

 

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BRAZIL
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Atelier Do Bonsai Portuguese Marcelo Miller, Rio De Janiero   pre-2000  



Mundo do Bonsai
Portuguese Marcelo Miller

pre-2004

"The World of Bonsai"

 

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CANADA
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bonsai Canada   Willowdale, Ontario   1981  
Annual; quarterly Bonsai Canada Newsletter changed to current by 1992

 

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CHINA, PEOPLES' REPUBLIC OF
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Enjoy Graceful Stone
Chinese Guandong

August 1996?




Global Bonsai Stone Collection
Chinese/English
Liu Jianjun, Chairman of the Shanghai Kun Lun International Stone Collectors Club

2005

Quarterly; Shanghai Viewing Stone Collectors' Association in collaboration with Bonsai Clubs International; 96 pp.  Primarily intended for Chinese speaking countries, but nearly half of the contents in each edition will be translated into English


Huamu penjing Chinese Wuhan Shi
c.1987
Bimonthly.  LCC #87642075



Penjing Shangshi Chinese

pre-2001



Rare Stone and Root Art
Chinese
Liuzhou, Guangxi

pre-1996
Newspaper



Shang Shi Culture
Chinese
Guangxi
Ma Hongbin
pre-1998

"Ornamental Stone Culture"


Shi Qu
Chinese

pre-1991
Newspaper, "Interested in Stone"


Zhongguo Huahui Penjing Chinese   Beijing Shi   1984  
Monthly.  Newspaper format; "Chinese Flowers -- Potted Landscapes"; Distr: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., San Francisco, CA; LCC #85644252.


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CHINA, REPUBLIC OF (TAIWAN)  
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
The Art of Stone
Chinese


June 1993?

Bimonthly/monthly?


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CZECH REPUBLIC
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bonsaje a japonské zahrady Czech     2005  
Quarterly.


Bonsai - Príroda a Clovek Czech     1999? 2004?
Quarterly.  Replaced by above?

 

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FRANCE
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bonsai Creation French       1992
Translation of Japan's Kindai Bonsai


Bonsaika French Shizen Communication Yasushi Oonuma Autumn 1997   end of 2002
Five issues per year; 44 pages (12 in color); "La revue du passionné de Bonsaï,""The magazine for Bonsai enthusiasts, the defense of European bonsai in the respect of Japanese tradition"


Esprit Bonsaï
French

LR Press
2003




France Bonsai French Chelles: Jardin Press   Michel Sacal   Summer 1996  
Bimonthly; 64 pp.


France Suiseki French Groupe Scolaire




 

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GERMANY
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bonsai (GW) German Gruenstadt: Bonsai-Club Deutschland   1982  
Quarterly; 40,000 circulation (Ulrich's, 2004).  Formerly Bonsai-Magazin   (ISSN 0177-1612).


Bonsai Art
German
Dr. Michael Kros,
Kros and Exner GbR, Münster
 Michael Exner
1994

Bimonthly; 84 pp.; over 6,000 circulation


Suiseki News German
Willi Benz, Ketsch

Quarterly

 

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INDIA
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR
START DATE
END DATE
Nichin Bonsai   English Mumbai: Bonsai Study Group of the Indo-Japanese Association Nikunj S. Parekh 1985  
Quarterly; 28 pp.

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ITALY
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bari Bonsai Italian        
 


Bonsai & News Italian  Parabiago (MI): Crespi Editori s.r.l. Gianpiero Simontacchi 1990  
Monthly; 74 pp.   ISSN 1120-706X; reproduction of some articles from Japan's Kindai Bonsai.  31,000 circulation (Ulrich's, 2004)


Bonsaitalia: Arte e Natura  Italian w/English translation Milan: Edizioni  Volonterio

January 1982
 
Bi-monthly; 84 pp.; original articles; originally named BONSAI:Arte e Natura ; at issue 19 in 1989 went from quarterly to bi-monthly and in full color; at  issue No. 70 in 1998 merged with another Italian magazine to become BONSAITALIA Arte e Natura.


Bonsai Italiano Italian Modena: Zanfi Editori s.r.l.   1991 c.Jan. 1999 ?
Ten times per year; ISSN 1121-2950


Bonsaitalia Italian     pre-1995   1998
 Merged with BONSAI:Arte e Natura in 1998 to become BONSAITALIA Arte e Natura (q.v.).

 

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JAPAN
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Aiseki no Tomo Japanese   Tokyo   c.1983  
Monthly; 98 pages (8 in color); "Friends of Stone Lovers"/"Suiseki Collectors' Companion"


Bonsai Japanese   Norio Kobayashi (518 consecutive issues) c.1921 October 1967
Monthly; the most influential magazine on the topic for half a century


Bonsai Gaho Japanese Tokyo   1906 c.1913?
Monthly


Bonsai Joho Japanese Kindai Shuppan   March 1984  
Monthly; 80 pages (32 in color); "Bonsai Information"


Bonsai Sekai Japanese Tokyo: Juseki Publications; Shinkikakusha ('84) Keiji Murata (1970 through late 1970s);
Hajime Nakayama (1984 -pre-1991);
Yoshio Horii (c.1991-)
May 1970 ;
November 1984
June 1984 ;
Monthly; 162 pages (72 in color); "Bonsai World" ; Quarterly in English? 24 pp (8 in color) starting Autumn 1980; Chinese edition in Taiwan bimonthly 1987 and monthly starting in Jan. 1990


Bonsai Shunju Japanese Nippon Bonsai Kyokai Fusazo Takeyama (to Feb. 1979); Kazuya Morita (1980-88); Shinji Ogasawara (1989 -)    
Monthly


Juseki Japanese Tokyo: Juseki-sha Keiji Murata 1968? May 1970 
Monthly; bonsai, suiseki and related hobbies; renamed and reformated as Bonsai Sekai (see above)


Kindai Bonsai Japanese Kyoto: Kindai Shuppan Katsuhito Onishi c.1938 ;
1977
 ? ;
Monthly; 167 pages (72 in color); "Contemporary Bonsai"


Sanyasou & Mini-bonsai Japanese Kyoto: Kindai Shuppan   c.1998  
Bimonthly; "Wild Grass and Mini Bonsai"


Satsuki Bonsai Japanese Kyoto: Kindai Shuppan     1984
Monthly; 144 pages (64 in color); "Satsuki (Azalea) Bonsai"


Satsuki Kenkyu Japanese Gekkan Satsuki Kenkyusha Masaaki Kosugi 1970  
Monthly; 162 pages (72 in color); "Satsuki Research"; 10,000 circulation (1986)


Shizen to Bonsai Japanese Sanyusha Company, Ltd. Akira Shimizu 1970  
Monthly; 160 pages (8 in color); "Nature and Bonsai"


Shumi no Sanyaso   Kenko Rokkaku   1979  
Monthly; "Wild Flowers and Alpine Plants"; originally quarterly "Bonsai and Wild Flowers", changed to current 1980; 100,000 circulation (1986)

 

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KOREA

TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Punjae susok Korean Soul-si: Punjae Susoksa
1983
LCC #85648528
"We have 3 monthly magazines for suseok [stone] collectors only and several magazines for bonsai (Punjae in Korean pronunciation) and suseok."  per http://members.xoom.it/youngseok/collect.htm

 

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LUXEMBOURG
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TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Suiseki Journal English European Suiseki Association Norry Kirschten,
Ettelbruck
   
Quarterly

 

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NETHERLANDS

TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bonsai Europe English, Dutch, German, French, and Spanish editions
René Rooswinkel, Smithfield Publishing, Netherlands Colin Lewis (1989-1998)
Farrand Bloch (1998-2007)
April 1989,
Summer 2000
May/June 2007, issue #86
Bi-monthly; "The Magazine for Bonsai-lovers"; 52 full colour pages.

To fulfil the needs and wishes of both English speaking and Dutch readers, this and the Dutch magazine Het Bonsai Blad (below) decided, in the summer of 2000, to collaborate in a joint publication. A European spirit prevailed, and was reflected by our editorial staff and authors: with names like Ann Scutcher, Dan Barton, Colin Lewis, Bill Jordan, Michelle Andolfo and many others enhancing the pages.  Name changed from Bonsai on Jan.1, 2002 (issue 54).  Over 12,000 copies to over 45 countries worldwide.  The Dutch language edition was released in the summer of 2000 with Hein Dik Barentsen as its editor; the French language edition in Spring 2002 with Michel Sacal; the German edition in May 2003 with Krista Leach; and the Intalian lagnuage edition with Massimo Soranzio.  Merged with Bonsai Today to become Bonsai Focus.



Bonsai Focus English, Dutch, German, French, and Spanish editions
Bonsai Europe, Netherlands Farrand Bloch (2007-     ) July/August 2007  
Bi-monthly; 132 full colour pages.

Began with the merging of Bonsai Today with Bonsai Focus.



Het Bonsai Blad Dutch
Farrand Bloch (1994-2000) 1994 Summer 2000


 

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SLOVAKIA

TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
Bonsai a Čai
Slovak Nitra: Bonsai Centrum Nitra

2004?


"Bonsai and Tea"

 

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SOUTH AFRICA

TITLE
LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER
EDITOR(S)
START DATE
END DATE
South African Bonsai Magazine
English
Strand, S.A.



Quarterly

 

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