Chokkan
It is one of the shapes of bonsai trees, which refers to formal upright style with a single upright trunk. Considered the most basics of the bonsai tree shapes, it is the ultimate beauty of bonsai.
Chokkan The Formal Upright Bonsai Style
The simplest Bonsai technique, but still exquisitely stunning, is the Chokkan or more commonly named the formal upright. Though still a miniature tree, ...
Upright style - chokkan
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the most basic bonsai style
vertically grown
thick at the bottom and gradually gets thinner as it grows up ...
Chokkan
The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai.
CHOKKAN formal upright form
MOYOGI informal upright form
SHAKAN slanting form
FUKINAGASHI windswept form
SABAMIKI split-trunk
SHARIMIKI driftwood ...
chokkan (formal upright), moyogi (informal upright), shakan (slanting), fukinagashi (windswept), han-kengai (semi-cascade), kengai (cascade), sharimiki (driftwood), hokidachi (broom), benjingi (literati), sekijoju (root-on-rock), ...
Chokkan (Formal Upright)
The simplest, but still exquisitely beautiful, is the chokkan or formal upright.
Though still a miniature, this style most resembles the full grown tree.
Chokkan
Formal upright form
――Basis of bonsai style ...
Chokkan Style (Formal upright)
This is a most complex style with very specific rules for branch placement, pot selection and such. It is NOT a style for beginners, and even experienced artists approach this one with caution.
Chokkan
The formal upright style is a very common form of Bonsai. This style occurs often in nature, especially when the tree is exposed to lots of light and does not face the problem of competing trees.
chokkan - Formal Upright
The chokkan bonsai typically has a single, upright trunk that tapers toward the top, branches are symmetrically balanced and well spaced.
moyogi - Informal Upright ...
Chokkan
The "formal upright" bonsai style. One of the basic styles. Branch style. Essential for this style is a straight trunk with a naturally balanced branch structure. (See also section Bonsai styles in Encyclopedia).
Chokkon ...
Chokkan
The "formal upright" bonsai style. One of the basic styles. Essential for this style is a straight trunk with a naturally balanced symmetrical branch structure.
Chumono ...
Chokkan - Formal upright: Design is created from a tree with a straight trunk. Branches are selected in an alternating pattern, right - back - left or vica-versa with the largest space between branches toward the bottom of the tree.
All chokkan-designed trees should have straight trunks to be effective.
Rootage should be well spread around the base.
Branches follow a certain pattern i.e. 1st branches - left
2nd branch - back
3rd branch - right
4th branch - left
5th branch - back ...
12. Chokkan - a traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called a formal upright. This is a tree that has a very straight trunk with symmetrical branching; illustrating strength and order.
Formal Upright (Chokkan)
In a formal upright style, the trunk is kept very straight and the tree has a very balanced distribution of branches.
Formal Upright (Chokkan)
A bonsai tree trained in the formal upright style mimics the growth of a tree under perfect natural conditions. It should be balanced, but not perfectly symmetrical.
Straight trunk - Chokkan style
Trees suitable for this style - perhaps the easiest of all styles - are evergreens such as the Japanese white and the Japanese black pine, juniper, and hemlock.
Formal Upright (Chokkan) The pose of the plant is very close to 100% vertical. The objective is to show balance but not strict symmetry. This style is best for conifers. Informal Upright (Moyogi) The pose of this style is near vertical.
Formal Upright Style (Chokkan)
The tree trunk is up-right and straight, the trunk has a visible taper with the widest part of the trunk at the based of the tree and supported by a suitable radial nebari (or root structure).
Formal Upright Style (Chokkan)
This is the most basic looking style of Bonsai, but don't let looks deceive you. It is one of the hardest styles to master, but is the most rewarding.
Beyond the basic styles of chokkan (formal upright), shakan (informal upright), kengai (cascade) and so forth there are several that don't fit neatly into those categories.
The formal upright style, or Chokkan, is characterized by a straight, upright, tapering trunk.
Straight Trunk Style (CHOKKAN)
Branches are upright, which signifies a young tree.
Branches more horizontal with tips pointing slightly upwards.
cambium - The layer of tissue between the xylem and phloem, where new wood is formed.
chokkan - Japanese term for the formal upright style
clump style - see Kabaduchi
concave cutters ...
 See also: Bonsai, Trunk, Style, Formal upright, Tree
  
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