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Sokan
Twin-trunk
――A symbol of diverse intimacy
A bonsai tree with one trunk is called Tankan, and trees divided into two or
more trunks are classified as Takan. A bonsai tree with two trunks is called ...

 


Sokan
The double trunk style is common in nature, but is not actually that common in the art of Bonsai.

Sokan (Sou kan) (Sojo)
The "Twin trunk" bonsai style. Bonsai style in which the tree has a double trunk which are joined at the base of the tree.
Sui ban ...

See Sokan.
Koshi daka
Tree with high waist. The distance between the base of the tree and the first branch is too long.

Double Trunk (Sokan) - Two trunks, one root system
Triple Trunk (Sankan) - Three trunks, one root system
Five Trunk (Gokan) - Five trunks, one root system ...

SOKAN twin-trunk
SANKAN triple-trunk
KABUDACHI multiple-trunk
NETSUNAGARI root connected
YOSE UE group planting
SAI-KEI landscape planting
PEN-JING landscape planting
SHARI deadwood on trunk
JIN deadwood branch ...

sokan - Japanese term for a twin trunk tree
shakkan - Japanese term for slant style bonsai
sifting
suiban - Japanese term for a shallow tray without drainage holes intended for the display of suiseki ...

Two Trunks Style is usually used in the Wedded configuration with one trunk subservient to the other. An adjunct of Two Trunks is Sokan Style, or double trunk, ...

See also: Root, Bonsai, Trunk, Japanese, Style