Literati Style Bonsai

This style derives its name from the chinese literati who were often artists.

Literati style bonsai. The literati style or bunjin gi bonsai is characterized by a generally bare trunk line with branches reduced to a minimum and typically placed higher up on a long often contorted trunk. Traditionally literati bonsai have trunks that twist and turn in multiple often dramatic curves usually have slender trunks which have no lower branches to speak of and have an obvious lack of nebari in most cases. If one were to characterize the literati approach to bonsai design one might use words such as. A general bonsai cannon states that there is symmetry in asymmetry and balance in unbalance.

Scots pine literati bonsai styling sbr3 sweden 2019 page 1. Literati style approach. Feb 9 2019 explore cheung9093 s board bonsai literati on pinterest. Like literati ink paintings this style of penjing has a subtle elegance distinguished by a lone lean trunk with sparse foliage exhibiting distinct lines and simplicity.

In his book on chinese bonsai penjing. See more ideas about bonsai bonsai tree bonsai garden. It is also known as the literati style. Elegant simplistic clean tall slender or flowing.

The names are used interchangeably. Literati style set in what looks like a antique chinese pot then placed off center on irregiular oval piece of stained wood. To style each of the 11 particpants trees together so that each bonsai was the product of both sam s and my input. My thanks go to all of those that took images during the workshop particularly tony roberts.

Chinese bonsai masterworks focuses on a special category of penjing associated with traditional chinese culture such as the painting of the literati or elite scholar bureaucrats of imperial china. A journey exploring an ancient chinese art and its history cultural background and aesthetics widely recognized expert qingquan zhao discusses the following four concepts.