Literati style
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About Literati Style Bonsai
- Literati style bonsai, also known by the Japanese term, BUNJIN-GI, are bonsai styled in a manner that is suggestive of the austere, time-worn life experience of the aged Chinese artist-scholar.
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Some characteristics of literati bonsai:
- 1. A long, thin trunk, that expresses the long, austere life of the scholar.
- 2. Movement in the trunk suggesting the twisting path of experience and knowledge.
- 3. Meager foliage, suggesting a life without ornamentation and superfluence.
- 4. Branching often begins in the upper third of the tree, suggesting an aescetic quality of life, reduced to its essentials. Often including hanging branches in its design.
- 5. An unassuming bonsai container, usually an unglazed, shallow bowl with little ornamentation, often with a handmade, rustic appearance and flaws in its finish.
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See pictures of literati style bonsai
| Bonsai Styles |
| Formal Upright | Informal Upright | Slant | Exposed Root | Cascade | Semi-Cascade | Root Over Rock | Windswept | Driftwood | Literati | Banyan | Broom | Naturalistic | Flame (Torch) | Live Oak | Bald Cypress | Phoenix Graft | Penjing |
| Tray Landscapes: Saikei | Bonkei | Hon Non Bo |
| Multitrunk: Raft | Clump | Twin Trunk | Three Trunk | Forest (Grove) |
