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Top left; Wax stone with partly appreciation movement in Europe along with others, where one can find different kinds of stones suitable
smooth and lustrous surface. publishing his specialist book, Suiseki. for Suiseki.
Top right; A wax stone with ESA agreed on “Suiseki” as a general term for view- Mr. Kunio Kobayashi, chairman of the Nippon
animated surface texture. ing stones in 2009 regardless of their origin. Suiseki Association gave an interesting talk about
Bottom left; An animal shaped Finding places are in the Ligurian Alps (Italy) where Japanese Suiseki on Saturday morning. First he
wax stone of intense color on a limestones can be found in layers resulting in many pointed out the five fundamental criteria for Suiseki:
wood stand with scrolling feet
and long legs which raises up stones with a natural flat base. The Karpates (moun- material, shape, color, naturalness, and the choice
the rock. tain range in Slovakia) and the river Kameniče in of the best side for viewing the stone, respective to
Bottom right; Different kind of Czech Republic and other rivers in Europe, the Alps the display. Japanese prefer intense and dark colors.
chrysanthemum stones are of Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria are places Completely natural stones are regarded as the best. A
found in China which show Suiseki should be of a size so one man is able to carry
slight variations in the shape it. The overall gracefulness and elegance are important
and sometimes even in the
color of their flowers. Some points too. A Suiseki has to have some patina so age
are pure white, others are can be seen. Only this way it can convey the feeling of
slight yellow or red. In some wabi and sabi.
stones, the stone matrix is According to shape, Suiseki are divided into four
carved away to expose more categories: landscape stone (mountain, waterfall
of the flowers, a practice not
appreciated by purists. stones etc.), figure stones, patterns stones and color-
ful stones.

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