ISHITSUKI
The tree itself may follow any style, the significance is that a rock is used instead of a pot, with the roots growing in a crevice or hollow.
I: Ishitsuki - Japanese term for root-over-rock style
J Jin - Pronounced JEEN - Japanese term for snags of deadwood on the ends of branches or trunk.
Ishitsuki - over rock
POTS:
Pots come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Ishitsuki - (planted in crevices in a rock) and
Neagari - (exposed root, like a mangrove)
Shakan Style (Slanting Style)
This style is fairly common and not too esoteric for the budding enthusiast.
Ishitsuki - a traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called root over rock. Where the tree has its roots arranged so they have grown over and in the crevices of a rock.
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ishitsuki rock-grown There are two basic types of rock grown bonsai, root grasping the rock, where the roots do enter the soil the rock is protruding from, and on, or in the rock, where the tree is planted in a pocket of earth attached to the rock, ...
on its side and its branches are trained vertically and arranged in a group
formation.
Ishitsuki, Ishitzuki
A traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called root over rock. Where the ...
Much like a tree would do if it were grew from seed on top of a rocky out crop. A variation of this style is "clinging-to-a-rock style" (Ishitsuki) where the tree clings to the rock surface, rather than 'sits' on it.
At that time he was much interested in the Ishitsuki style of bonsai, or growing the plant clasping a stone. He made cuttings of Yeddo spruce and they were rooted the second year.
 See also: Root, Style, Bonsai, Form, Plant
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