Bonsai Tree Stolen From Museum
Juzaburo furuzawa tended to the plant while he was.
Bonsai tree stolen from museum. On sunday its caretakers feared it would soon die at the hands of thieves. Federal way police were on the lookout for two people who allegedly stole two prized bonsai trees both decades old and worth presumably thousands of dollars from the pacific bonsai museum on. These are priceless treasures that belong to our community. Female bonsai artists were historically less common than male ones which makes this tree rare.
It was stolen on sunday from a museum just outside seattle. The silverberry was created by a female bonsai artist kiyoko hatanaka in 1946. Security guards discovered the trees sitting together on the road leading up. Surveillance video shows two shadowy figures walking through the.
On tuesday night a security guard patrolling the grounds came. Another bonsai was stolen from the museum in 2015 but it was found in some bushes outside an apartment complex about 2 miles away. Two historic bonsai trees have been stolen and the pacific bonsai museum in federal way wash is putting out a call to get them back. The two trees a japanese black pine and a silverberry bonsai were stolen from the museum s public exhibition space sunday morning.
From pacific bonsai museum one of the stolen trees is a japanese black pine that was grown in a tin can during world war ii the museum said. The silverberry was created by a female bonsai artist kiyoko hatanaka in 1946. These are priceless treasures that belong to our community. Two historic bonsai trees have been stolen and the pacific bonsai museum in federal way wash is putting out a call to get them back.
Pacific bonsai museum in washington state put out a call on social media asking for help saying the tree was among two.