ABOUT BASIC BONSAI STYLES

Bonsai, as a Japanese art form, is fresh regulated than it's Chinese counterpart, the penjing. Bonsai attempts to achieve the pleasing tree, while penjing attempts to reproduce nature. This is why perfect styling exists in bonsai if you obey the 'rules', while penjing leave you charitable to your creation. as the result these are the basic styles :

Broom (Hokidachi or Hoki-zukuri)

A very harmonious style, this form has branches that develop at a certain height, forming an upside broom. This styling is mainly achieved through a method called the 'V' cut. The trunk is chopped where you want the bend to start to develop also then a deep V cut is obtained on its remaining trunk. This will induce buds to break near the blemish. Zelkova serrata are patent for this styling but maple and other deciduous species can easily be styled which way.

Formal Upright (Chokkan)

A tree styled the 'chokkan' landing has a straight trunk tapering graciously from bottom to top. The first and biggest branch is habitually situated at 1/3 of its desired height of the tree and is on the right or the left. The following bend is situated on the across side, while the third is in the back creating the perception depth. As we look at the branch structure from bottom to top, the branches are getting thinner, creating a pyramidal shape.

Informal Upright (Moyogi)

This bloom is totally similar to the previously mentionned shapeliness as its same rules of design apply, however, the trunk is not straight but rather forms a sinuous shape while remaining tapered. This bloom is commonly used with conifers.

indirect (Shakan)

Once again, this style is the same as the formal upright except that the trunk is leaning on one angle. Branches are grown uniformly on the trunk fancy its formal/informal undisguised styles but its peak is tilted to the opposite side of its trunk giving a visual balanced effect.

Cascade (Kengai)

This styling requires an inclined trunk that is preferably during a 45 grade angle. the basic portion of the foliage is below the pot line also sometimes goes beyond the pot itself. It often represents a tree growing upon the feature of cliff. A deep pot is used owing to this style.

Semi-cascade (Han-Kengai)

Similar to the Kengai style, this style and has an inclinated trunk. However, the leaflet remains at the height of its pot trade. In nature, we can see this style near a waterway, the leaflet having grown on the side again leaning towards its water. epoch the cascade glamour uses a deeper pot, this style uses a habitat depth pot.

Windswept (Fukinagashi)

A 'windswept' tree represents a tree that has been growing in a affirmative shape due to natural elements . Often caused by undaunted wind, the trunk is always inclinated in a certain rule and faultless branches consider grown on the same angle.

Literati (Bunjin)

This styling is habitually represented in Japanese paintings. It is the tree with a tall and sinuous case. The foliage only grows near the summit of the tree. This styling is somewhat an exception to the rigorous rules of bonsai because it does not swallow specific rules. It represents what the bunjin liveliness is in Japan: the search for liberty.

Group/Forest (Yose-ue)

This styling often represents a forest or a small cluster of trees. It is supposed to be styled force a way that will clearly represent the growing habits of trees in a group. Many techinques can enact used to accomplish this styling and many perception techniques are used to get going the illusion of a forest, or as Naka would say, 'having the quality of the invisible beauty of nature'. To respect the Japanese art form, an odd number of trees is prefered for this styling.

Raft (Ikadabuki)

its same manners of its group planting apply to this style. However, plenary of the trunks emerge from one common trunk. This technique is often achieved with a branch placed verticaly in the blacken. The roots form this branch and its extensive part of the straight branch arrive secondary branches that will eventually become the trunks.

Multi-trunk allurement (Sokan-Sankan)

This multi-trunk style has different possibilities. The first, which is called 'Sokan', consists of two trunks emerging from the akin visible roots (nebari). its styling of the upper part of the tree must respect the same rules because of the formal / informal upright styles previously described. Another variance consists of the same but with three trunks emerging from the foreign roots. This is called 'Sankan'. You burden again credit more than three trunks but to honor Japanese bonsai, it is prefered to have an odd number of trunks.

Roots Over knock (Ishitsuki)

This styling has its specific charactreristics of carrying many visible roots growing over a rock and ruling their advance to the pot/soil.

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