What Is Literati Bonsai
This style derives its name from the chinese literati who were often artists.
What is literati bonsai. Like quick strokes of a calligraphy brush the literati bonsai portrays the fullness of a tree with few precise stokes. Literati bonsai is an approach or interpretation within bonsai and not a specific style in and of itself. However we shall try. Literati painting was born of minimalism philosophy and the attempts to duplicate these painted trees with real trees in the form of bonsai stayed true to its parent literati bonsai were tree forms reduced to the bare elements.
Collected this seedling spring 2019. 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. Future potential for ponderosa literati or bunjin bonsai. Time to do some refinement work with this bargain chamaecyparis i am trying to fashion into a large literati bonsai.
The idea behind this tree is to show his struggle to survive in hard conditions. Literati or bunjin bonsai. Over time the pads will develop and the tree will undergo more styling before it reaches its final form. Also called literati deeply rooted in chinese culture although simple in design considered difficult to style.
This is the first stage of creating a literati bonsai. The name bunjin bonsai comes from the japanese word bunjin gi. Don t forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell for regular uploads of. Our massive seven and half acre landscaped site is a bonsai heaven.
This bonsai is were the tree has around two thirds of its trunk without any branches illustrating age and maturity. Will probably plant it a large grow bag in the ground next spring for a few years.