Style Of Bonsai
1 formal upright style chokkan style.
Style of bonsai. A slanted trunk. Zen buddhists first brought the trees to japan and they were first grown as decorations for homes and gardens. The monks who find beauty in austerity created the tray landscape style to represent how a single tree in a pot could represent the universe. Some of the major style groupings include.
Informal upright style moyogi style. The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai. What is a bonsai. Creating a bonsai forest or group planting requires an odd number of trees that is in case only a few trees are used to provide asymmetry usually belonging to the same botanical family.
Formal upright bonsai style chokkan the formal upright style is a very common form of bonsai. For example a bonsai with a. A literati has a beautiful thin and unique trunk line. This style is defined by the perfectly straight trunk line.
The pot and the tree are considered to be as one. The literati style of bonsai is meant to show the essence of a tree. This style often occurs in nature especially when the tree is exposed to lots of light and does not face the problem of competing trees. Yose ue although bonsai are often planted solitary trees in nature are more commonly found in groups.
For this style tapering of the upright growing trunk must be clearly visible. Bonsai forest in japanese. The practice was adopted by zen monks and the blending of cultures created a new style that we know today as bonsai. This style is a close cousin of formal upright style bonsai but with a little.
Bonsai are beautiful miniature trees that are grown in pots but they are also an intricate art form from ancient china. Slanting style shakan style. Trunk and bark surface. Five basic bonsai styles 1.
The branches likewise are. Moyogi is a less formal upright design that still has a relatively straight silhouette but can have more sinuous. Styles of bonsai upright chokkan is a formal bonsai style incorporating a classically balanced triangular shape single straight trunk. Formal upright chokkaan.
Basic styles formal upright informal upright slanting cascade semi cascade. Branches are kept to a minimum. A frequently used set of styles describe the orientation of the bonsai tree s main trunk. This style is often thought to be the most difficult to achieve.
A number of styles describe the trunk shape and bark finish. At one time the bonsai was a symbol. Informal upright moyogi.