Hokidachi
Broom form
――Sweeping the sky
The Hokidachi bonsai gets its name from having a form that looks similar
to a "broom" (hoki) with the brush end "sticking upwards" (dachi). The ...
Hokidachi
The broom style is suited for deciduous trees with extensive, fine branching.
Broom - Hokidachi style
This style is best suited to deciduous trees such as ginkgos, Japanese gray-bark elms and Japanese maple.
Hokidachi
The "broom" bonsai style. Branch style. The branch formation on the top of the tree look like an upside down broom.
Hon bachi ...
HOKIDACHI
This style was modelled on the natural habit of the zelkova and is seldom successfully used for other than related species, since it works best with trees bearing alternate foliage.
Broom Style (Hokidachi)
Trees in this style have upright trunk with branches and foliage radiating outwards in the shape of a Japanese fan or an Umbrella.
Literati Style (Bunjingi) ...
Hokidachi - a traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called broom. Where the trunk is straight with symmetrical branches and has its foliage arranged in a semi-circular dome or broom shape.
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Tachiki - (Informal upright, the style I feel suits most beginners), Hokidachi - (Broom Style),
Sabamiki - (Split Trunk), ...
HOKIDACHI broom form
KENGAI cascade
HAN KENGAI semi-cascade
SHIDARE-ZUKURI weeping
BUNJIN literati form
NEGARI exposed root form
SEKJOJU root over rock
ISHI SEKI planted on rock
SOKAN twin-trunk ...
The broom style, or Hokidachi is employed for trees with extensive, fine branching, often with species like elms. The trunk is straight and upright. It branches out in all directions about 1/3 of the way up the entire height of the tree.
upright or informally upright trunk bare of branches except at the top, characterized by a tasteful simple elegance. hokidachi broom broom style trees have an upright trunk, with branches evenly fanned out.
I have had one in the hokidachi style for about a year and marvel at its beauty every time I pass my collection.
See Hokidachi
bunjin - Japanese term for an educated person or literati, a tree grown in this style, usually emphasizing a thin trunk, with a lean appearance and container with rough-hewn appearance.
 See also: Bonsai, Style, Trunk, Broom, Plant
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