This style has a long flowing often contorted trunk line, with branches reduced to a minimum. In Japan, the literati style is known as bunjin-gi (文人木). (Bunjin is a translation of the Chinese phrase wenren meaning “scholars practiced in the [...]
This style is employed for trees with extensive, fine branching. The trunk is straight and upright with noticeable taper from nebari to apex. It branches out in all directions about 1/3 of the way up the entire height of the tree. Branching continues to [...]
Similar to the formal upright style, branches progress regularly from largest at the bottom to smallest at the top. The trunk and branches incorporate visible curves, but the apex is located directly above the trunk’s entry into the soil line. [...]
The style has a straight, upright, tapering trunk. Branches progress regularly from the thickest and broadest at the bottom to the finest and shortest at the top. A good way of remembering this rule is to look at the front of the tree and from; Left, [...]
