Literati Bonsai Style Bunjin
Literati style bunjin style derived from traditional chinese scroll paintings of the literati.
Literati bonsai style bunjin. It is also known as the literati style. The literati style or bunjin gi bonsai is characterized by a generally bare trunk line with branches reduced to a minimum and typically placed higher up on a long often contorted trunk. The names are used interchangeably. Literati style bonsai do have an air of refined elegance that lends greatly to their subtle beauty and while many claim that appreciating literati bonsai is an acquired taste i differ in this opinion and instead feel that quality literati bonsai appeals to experienced inexperienced and non bonsaist artistic sensibilities immediately.
A half or three quarters of the trunk is bare. However the style is deeply rooted in chinese culture and tradition. Branches begin only at the top of a relatively high straight or mostly gently curved trunk. The name for bunjin bonsai comes from the japanese word bunjin gi.