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The above illustration shows a standard
rack for displaying shohin-bonsai. The rack is called
Nanaten Tanakazari in Japanese.
Four parts
The rack is divided into four parts:
Tenba (top of rack), Chudan (middle), Gedan (bottom) and
Maeoki or Hanedashi (sub stage).
Seven elements
Furthermore there are seven positions to
place the elements.
To obtain harmony
of the whole display, the seven elements are a necessity.
Don’t use any equal species twice in the display.Also
the style and the color of the pot may not be the same one.
The species and their style and color, their fruit and
their size has to differ, in order to make a well balanced
and beautifull display.
The Main tree: Shuboku
This is the most important tree of the
display. It is therefore placed on top of the rack, tenba.
Because it is viewed best, at this position where it is in
eyelevel of the viewer.
At this position it is also easy to
obtain the good and bad parts of the tree, and therefore
the best tree is placed here.
Assistant tree: Fukuboku
At the sub stage the tree
that emphasizes the main tree is placed.
It is important to use a tree, which has
a good movement.
Assistant, Supporter: Soe
Smallest tree to bee used on the display is the supporter
planting.
Other elements
It is possible to replace one of the
secondary trees with an ornament or Suiseki. Only the main
tree and the assistant tree must not be replaced.
In this example, it is 2,3,4,5 and 7
position at the bottom illustration you can replace.
Judging
Judging the trees is mainly focused on
well balance and the beautifulness of the whole display.
As in bonsai in general, examining the growing control
techniques and training techniques, is
always
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