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BonsaiList · The styles chart10 classic forms

Bonsai Styles

Formal Upright

Chokkan

Informal Upright

Moyogi

Slanting

Shakan

Cascade

Kengai

Semi-Cascade

Han-Kengai

Windswept

Fukinagashi

Literati

Bunjin

Forest

Yose-ue

Root Over Rock

Sekijoju

Broom

Hokidachi

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