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This is where the confusion was.....
Bonsai literati are related to these two arts.
Bonsai literati are related to these two arts.
I see that. Since the question was about the aesthetics of bunjin, I tried to point out some analogies.This is where the confusion was.....
Ha! That's the million dollar question!
I think there are some trees that you look and and it's obvious you would call them "literati", but there is a very broad transition from those to what might be called slanting or even informal upright in some cases. I often refer to those kinds trees as "literati-ish" when they have that simple/elegant/long/thin form because I have no idea where the line is.
I have known Ryan for over twenty years, personally. He works the trees here in Fresno at the collection. None of your jibberish above makes any sense. I'm not sure you even understand what we are arguing about cause your explanation is not even in context.Not really. Per Mirai Live Stream Literati creation. 1. Sparse foliage 2.Equates also sparse branching 3."Generally" branching high up long thin trunk. Can be most styles but generally expected to look as if years of privation/suffering. If memory is correct Ryan said Literati(bunjin?)means sparse foliage(or branching).
If wishing to argue study under master Kimura 6 years first. See Mirai video The apprenticeship. Very humbling. Then argue.
Thanks for this thread - I’ve always been in love with the idea of maple literati without necessarily ever having seen one. The trees in the Kyoto moss gardens seem to be modeling for them. The challenge is maybe to make it a literati that still looks like a maple.
Container is by Sharon Edwards Russell of Lang Studio. Chosen for the gradation of color in the glaze. Wood slab by David Knittle. Scroll was a mountain scene. Supporting element was a freshwater mountain crab (known as sawagani). I dented the moss in the center to suggest a water edge. Planted the tree at 4 am before my local show that I was in charge of from a $1 seedling I picked out of a big batch a year before.@Owen Reich had a really beautiful one at the National Exhibition in 2014. I have this image on my computer - I didn't take it and unfortunately I don't remember where I got it. Maybe Owen can provide a better photo and some info about his design. It was one of my favorites from that show.
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Sorry couldn't resist stirring the the pot with literati stick.
The maples in the Kyoto gardens are modeled after the maples in nearby valleys and river sides. The bonsai I make / want to make are also modeled after that wild maples in Japan. I’ll start a thread sometime with photos of Acer palmatum.
Believe it or not Ryan used to ask me how to shape his junipers before he went to Japan....
I have known Ryan for over twenty years, personally.
Believe it or not Ryan used to ask me how to shape his junipers before he went to Japan....
It must suck to be you. Never having anything to show and just taking personal jabs at people showing your envy. Cheer up it’s the holidays.OMFG and you have a pop @Adair M for supposedly mentioning Boon all the time - you name drop Ryan into the conversation wayyyyyyyyy too much. All we need now is you to tell us how you and him made wire horsies way back when and sang cum by ya....
It must suck to be you. Never having anything to show and just taking personal jabs at people showing your envy. Cheer up it’s the holidays.
This is my favorite maple. Considered in the top 3 of all Japanese maple bunjin.