A HISTRIA DE MASAKUNI A histria de Ferramentas de Bonsai As ferramentas de Bonsai tiveram origem na Cia. MASAKUNI, Ltd.

nico fabricante com linha completa no Japo que est a mais de trsquartos de sculo desenvolvendo sua experincia em ferramentas para Bonsai. Mais de setenta anos atrs uma tesoura era especialmente projetada e trazida para o mundo do Bonsai por um entusiasta da Arte Bonsai depois o longo perodo de experincias e pesquisas. O nome dele Shichinosuke Kawasumi, o 1. MASAKUNI, que era um famoso fabricante de tesoura para flores e alicates de uso Mdico. Esta tesoura era a tesoura original no Japo especialmente projetada para treinamento de Bonsai. Era a histria comeando a realidade das ferramentas para a Arte Bonsai. Desde ento Shichinosuke se lanou a desenvolver e pesquisar ferramentas de Bonsai em cooperao com Mr.Kyuzo Murata, o famoso Mestre Kyuka-en em Omiya que era uma aldeia tpica de Bonsastas. Estas pesquisas deram frutos e vrias ferramentas na poca foram criadas por eles. Desde ento esses dias, mais de duas geraes da MASAKUNl tem se concentrando em desenvolver e aperfeioar as ferramentas de Bonsai dando grande contribuio para o progresso e propagao de tcnicas de cultivo do Bonsai. Por esta histria, a superioridade das ferramentas de MASAKUNI tem alcanando o reconhecimento de tantos profissionais e amadores avanados. E ao mesmo tempo uma tradio foi crescendo com MASAKUNI, tradio da mais alta confiana na qualidade e originalidade produzidas. A durabilidade das ferramentas de MASAKUNI esto baseadas no processo de fabricao contnuo e original de MASAKUNI e apoiado no controle de qualidade cientfico contemporneo. As ferramentas da MASAKUNI so forjadas debaixo de mtodo especial de calor e usando ao da mais alta pureza com artesos altamente experimentados e treinados para obter o ngulo ideal da lmina. Alm disso, uma por uma, as ferramentas so ajustadas precisamente e conferidas detalhe por detalhe inclusive com exame microscpico. Hoje o Bonsai se tornou a Arte internacional de natureza. As ferramentas de MASAKUNI esto sendo usadas por muitas pessoas em todo mundo. Estes resultados atuais formaram a tradio MASAKUNI de hoje e far a histria de amanh. Ns podemos dizer seguramente que a histria das ferramentas de Bonsai a histria da MASAKUNI.

THE HISTORY OF MASAKUNI The history of Bonsai Tools The Bonsai tool originator MASAKUNI Co., Ltd. is the only one fullscale maker in Japan and has over three-quarters century of experience in producing Bonsai training tools. Over seventy years ago a pair of specially designed shears was brought to the Bonsai world by a Bonsai enthusiast after his long terms of experiences and researches. His name is Shichinosuke Kawasumi, the MASAKUNI 1st. who was a well-known manufacturer of Flower Arranging scissors and Medical use cutting tools. This pair of shears was the original shears in Japan specially designed for Bonsai training. And it was the real

opening of the history of Bonsai training tools. Since then Shichinosuke threw himself into the developing of Bonsai tools and began the cooperative research with Mr.Kyuzo Murata, the famous Bonsai master of Kyuka-en in Omiya Bonsai village. This research bore fruits and a number of epoch-making tools were created by them. Ever since those days, over two generations, MASAKUNl has been concentrating on developing and perfecting the Bonsai training tools and has been giving a great deal of contribution to the progress and propagation of the Bonsai cultivation techniques. Through this history the superiority of MASAKUNI's tools has been achieving the firm recognition of so many professionals and advanced amateurs. And at the same time a tradition has been growing up with MASAKUNI BRAND -----a tradition of highest quality reliability and originality. The outshining sharpness and durability of MASAKUNI's tools are based on MASAKUNI's original continuous making process, in which the world famed manufacturing tradition of Japanese Sword is aliving supported by the contemporary scientific quality control. Using the highest quality pure steel as the material, by wellexperienced craftsmen, MASAKUNI's tools are forged and forged completely, trained under the special method of heat treatment and made sharpen to obtain the ideal angle of the blade. Moreover one by one, they are adjusted precisely and checked from detail to detail including the microscope examination. Today Bonsai has become the international art of nature. MASAKUNI's tools are being used by a lot of Bonsai people throughout the world. These actual results have formed MASAKUNI's today's tradition and will make the history of tomorrow. We can say it clear that; The history of MASAKUNI's Bonsai tools is the history of Bonsai tools in the world!