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THE ART OF BONSAI 19
STYLES AND TRADITIONS
A large part of the art of bonsai consists cutting, pruning and wiring the plant to
of imitating nature, by shaping the trees the chosen shape. These 'official' shapes,
grown in trays to look like those found in the formation of which will be described,
the countryside or forest. T his is why the all originate from Japan.
most widely used shapes have been given To obtain these chan~cteristic shapes
names, which make up an official cata- requires a degree of skill, adaptable
logue of some of the characteristic forms material, and above all, a great deal of
from which the bonsai enthusiast can patience. For a tree, unlike a man, has
choose. The tree must conform to the eternity before it - particularly when it
type chosen, the whole art consisting of benefits from careful tending.
A magnificent example of the informal upright shape (moyog1) created in a 200-year-old pine.
