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Bonseki

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Bonseki - Rock landscape
Bonsai Sizes
Shito - A Bonsai up to 3 inches tall measured from soil to apex.

 


Bonseki - A landscape created with mini figurines, nonliving foliage, and the appearance of water.
Borealis - Of the north.
Bract - A small leaf found near the flower on the stem; it differs from the other leaves in shape and color.

Of great interest for the historical development of the Japanese garden, bonseki, bonsai and related arts is the c. 1300 Zen monk Kokan Shiren and his rhymeprose essay Rhymeprose on a Miniature Landscape Garden.

potted trees was "the bowl's tree" , hachi-no-ki ), denoting the use of a deep pot. The c.1300 rhymed prose essay, Rhymeprose on a Miniature Landscape Garden, by the Japanese Zen monk Kokan Shiren, outlines aesthetic principles for bonsai, bonseki, ...

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