Bonsai movement and direction is very important to understand, when displaying shohin bonsai.
All the Shohin shown at the below
example are well placed. The movement is not only to look at
the canopy and its volume/direction. The slanting trunk,
counterbalancing/anchoring roots, counterbalancing branches
and most important, the leading7main branch are all
essential.
If the tree is not styled with this in mind, of course some
diffusion and difficulty in reading the balance and movement
of the bonsai may happen. In some cases it might even be
plausible to see tow direction in the same tree. Some times
the case with very formal trees with no clear leading
branch.
Below examples of how to read the movement and direction of a bonsai.
