Bonsai Style Fukinagashi
In the fukinagashi style the trunk is slanted as if it has been blown by a strong wind coming from one direction.
Bonsai style fukinagashi. Windswept bonsai style fukinagashi the windswept style also is a good example of trees that must struggle to survive. As the tree is developed the wonderful branching and ramification is on full display in the fall and winter. Only the thin branches and leaves position themselves according to the direction of the wind. This bonsai shape is often used for deciduous trees.
Windswept style fukinagashi it is regarded as a variation of slanting style reflecting the strong influence of a frequently blowing wind from one side and therefore with mostly one sided growth of branches nevertheless other bonsai styles such as formal and informal upright and semi cascade can show typical features of wind swept style. The top two thirds are branches which are shaped into a crown. What is a bonsai. Mar 19 2020 an interesting style.
This style is a close cousin of formal upright style bonsai but with a little. Nothing tells the story better than trees in nature. The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai. The branches as well as the trunk grow to one side as if the wind has been blowing the tree constantly in one direction.
Fukinagashi windswept bonsai style. Informal upright style moyogi style. Fukinagashi the windswept bonsai style. The branches follow suit in that direction as a result of the bent growth.
The main branches stay in position. Slanting style shakan style. Not much found on my search so i pinned some real trees and a couple of items which i found very beautiful even though they are not bonsai related. The windswept style of bonsai tells a story of a tree exposed to strong prevailing winds either in an open exposed environment or exposed on a cliff.
1 formal upright style chokkan style. The trunk is about one third of the tree. Fukinagashi windswept style windswept style you should imagine this as a tree through which wind is blowing at that very moment. Fukinagashi windswept this style is an attempt to emulate nature s effects on the tree but in miniature.
This style looks like its name a broom. The branches grow out on all sides of the trunk but will all eventually be bent to one side.