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20 THE ART OF BONSAI

Single trees
The following arc single trees with one
trunk grown in containers.
CHOKKAN: this is an upright tree,
which has a vertical trunk and progres-
sively smaller branches. The branches
are arranged symmetrically, forming the
pyramidal shape which is characteristic
of the giant conifers.
MOYOGI: an almost upright tree, with
spiral development of the trunk, which
decreases towards the crown.
SHAKAN: a tree whose single trunk
leans sharply to the right or left. Its
branches are fairly uniformly arranged,
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and are positioned on opposite sides of
the trunk.
BAN KAN: a tree whose trunk is curved
and twisted and even, in some cases,
really knotted.
HAN-KENGAI: a 'semi-cascading'
form, characteristic of plants whose
branches grow out of one side of the
trunk, while not really weeping. This
shape is frequently associated with the
Shakan style.
KENGAI: a cascading tree, with a
strongly bent trunk, whose branches
hang right over the container.
FUKINAGASHI: a form also described
as 'windblown'. The trunk leans to a
greater or lesser extent and the branches
all face the same direction (the same way Moyogi
the trunk leans), as if ballered by the
wind.
HOKlDACHI: an upright tree, whose
branches begin to sprout out at a certain
height, giving it its characteristic,
broom-like appearance. The elm is par-
ticularly suited to this very symmetrical
shape.
BUNJINGl: a 'literati' form of tree,
imitating calligraphy. An elegant form
with a slightly slanting trunk, whose
branches and foliage develop only at the
crown.
lSHlTZUKI: a very specific form for
plants grown on or in the crevices of
rock-like stones or boulders. A 'rock-
dweller', this is a very eiTective form,
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some plants developing a spectacular
arrangement of knotty aerial roots.