Bonsai Styles Guide
What is a bonsai.
Bonsai styles guide. 1 formal upright style chokkan style. They may also be combinations of shapes such as a windswept semi cascade or they may be something totally unique such as this pine by bonsai artist walter pall germany. Slanting bonsai style shakan as a result of the wind blowing in one dominant direction or when a tree grows in the shadow and must bend toward the sun the tree will lean in one direction. The roots are well developed on one side to keep the tree standing.
With bonsai the leaning style should grow at an angle of about 60 80 degrees relative to the ground. This is why best styling exists in bonsai if you comply with the guidelines while penjing leave you totally free to your production. Informal upright style moyogi style. Included in the list below are the japanese words for each style.
If you are a beginner there is no need to memorize them. This style is a close cousin of formal upright style bonsai but with a little. Bonsai styles chokkan style formal upright. This is a most complex style with very specific rules for branch placement pot.
The shakan style is fairly common and not too esoteric for the budding enthusiast. Bonsai styles guide bonsai as a japanese art kind is more regulated than it s chinese equivalent the penjing. Kengai style cascade style bonsai. The first five are the foundation for all other shapes.
Unique bonsai styles at first glance many bonsai styles can be identified by the basic descriptions. Shakan style slanting style. Slanting style shakan style.