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Bunjin-gi/Literati
by
Jack E. Billet
This type of tree is more of a feeling than a style. Most of the other styles, or even no style at all, can be used for Bunjin. It often deviates from the accepted guidelines.
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.
In Japan, the literati style is known as bunjin-gi (æ-‡äººæœ¨, bunjin-gi?). (Bunjin is a translation of the Chinese phrase wenren meaning "scholars practiced in the arts" and gi is a derivative of the Japanese word, ki, for "tree").
 See also: Tree, Bunjin, Trunk, Bonsai, Japanese
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