Bonsai Styles
– Informal upright style Juniper
– Semi-cascade style Juniperus chinensis
– Cascade style conifer
– Forest style Black Hills Spruce
– Slant style Hinoki cypress
– Formal Upright Style
– Informal Upright Style
– Cascade Style
– Semi-Cascade Style
– Windswept Style
– Bunjingi Style
– Ikadabuki Style
– Neagari Style
– Yose-ue Style
– Literati Style
Trunk Orientation
– Upright styles (chokkan and moyogi)
– Side-oriented style (sho-shakan)
– Inclined styles (chu-shakan and dai-shakan)
– Cascade styles (kengai)
Trunk and Bark Surface
– Twisted trunk style (nebikan or nejikan)
– Vertical split or hollows style (sabakan)
– Deadwood bonsai styles
– Styles for trees planted on rock (deshojo and ishizuki)
Multiple Trunks
– Sokan style (double trunk from a single root)
– Soju style (two separate trees)
– Sambon-yose style (three trees)
– Raft style (ikadabuji or ikadabuki)
– Sinuous style (netsunagari)
– Gokan style
– Nanakan style
– Kyukan style
– Kabudachi style
– Korabuki style
Purposes
– Styles as shorthand description for bonsai specimens
– Grouping comparable specimens in bonsai viewing and competition
– Simplifying bonsai teaching and learning
– Aiding in the development plan for pre-bonsai trees
– Providing widely understood terms for public communications about bonsai Source URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai_styles
