Kuromatsu

Kuromatsu is the king of pine trees, representing Japanese pine trees.The best are those grown wild and picked where strong salty gales blow against them like the coast of the Inland Sea and islands. Bonsai devotees just love them for the vigorous beauty of its brawny twisted branches.

Nishikimatsu

This is one of the representative bonsai of Takamatsu. This was cultivated by grafting a mutant of Kuromatsu onto another Kuromatsu. The hard bark cracks as the growth ring increases each year and the cracks all over give the tree a distinctive peculiarity. This is a bonsai of most intensive and artistic appearance.

Goyomatsu

This is a wild tree growing in higher hilly districts in the clouds. Japanese have adored this speices as a tree of happiness.It is named after its tiny needles clustered by fives.People like it for they see the perfect figure of a natural tree in it.

Shohinbonsai

Matsudaira Yorihisa, feudal lord of Takamatsu domain, gave this name to the work in Edo Period. This is established as a section of bonsai.

Chokkan

It takes root in every direction and the trunk stands erect resolutely extending its shapely branches.

Shakkan

It leans its trunk in harmony with the branches.

Kengai & han-kengai

The trunk is twisted in the dangling way but the tip of the blanch turns up obliquely from the side.

Bunjingi

The trunk is slender and twisted with a few neat branches.

Moyougi

The trunk curves in the most natural way and the branches have beautiful bending curves.

Ishiduke

The tree is combined with a stone harmoniously to reproduce a scenery of nature.

Tan(0ne)-kan,
So(two)-kan &
San(three)-kan

These are the names given to bonsai according to the number of main trunks it has.

Kabudachi

The appearance of many trunks gives an impression of a real magnificent tree.

Netsuranari & Yoseue

Aspects of Mother Nature and individualities of trees are expressed in a small plantpot.