Styling
The looping pine
A literati style from unusual material...
8 October 2026
Design Sketch
Like a dolphin
An interesting tree with mature bark and a great base...
23 September 2026
Workshop
Playful spirit
A bump in the road was the spark
that lit the fuse...
20 March 2024
Styling
How to slim down a trunk
Trunk bending a white pine literati
27 September 2023
Technique
Can a pine have too many buds?
Two black pines with some issues: too many buds and uneven Distribution of strength. Can candle cutting solve the problems?
12 July 2023
Styling
Playing around?
Sabina juniper bunjin rock planting with a playful nature...
11 May 2023
Workshop
Pop or rock?
Pop star Shintaro Akiyama jumps into the deep when creating a rock planting in cooperation with Kunio Kobayashi and Osamu Fukudate of Shunkaen
17 November 2022
Styling
Just drop it
Creating a literati red pine by focusing on the dropping branch
21 July 2022
Pots
The best pots in town
Celebrating 40 years as the best shohin pot maker.
30 June 2022
Shohin
MINI BONSAI
The charm of the very, very small . . .
23 June 2022
Pots
All the features
Pot choice for a literati style tree.
3 June 2022
Styling
Jack & John
British artist, John Milton, works on a white pine in Japan.
7 January 2022
Styling
Is this worth spending time ?
Prunus spinosa/blackthorn as bonsai Harry Harrington explores the virtues of the blackthorn with its white flowers contrasting beautifully against its
10 November 2021
Technique
Just imagine…
learn how to make a bunjin How does one get the branches right? Using the bunjin-gi, or literati style, as...
5 April 2019
Step by Step
Step by step with Hemlock
Teunis Jan Klein shows us how to create a medium sized bonsai in just a few steps. This time he...
29 August 2018
