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Sekijoju
The "tree planted on rock" bonsai style. Tree is planted on a well formed rock (simulating mountain, slope etc.)
Sekkai iou gouzai ...
Root over Rock Style (Sekijoju)
The tree is grows over a rock with the roots reaching down to the earth below in search of water. Much like a tree would do if it were grew from seed on top of a rocky out crop.
The root-over-rock style, or Sekijoju, is a style in which the roots of a tree (typically a fig tree) are wrapped around a rock. The rock is at the base of the trunk, with the roots exposed to varying degrees.
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), ...
Another feature of the Japanese maple bonsai that makes them ideal for bonsai artist is that they can be trained in almost any style of bonsai formation. From the informal moyogi (upright) to the more elaborate sekijoju (root over rock) style, ...
 See also: Raft, Grow, Plant, Bunjin, Broom
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