I'll submit this yamadori Pinus contorta contorta (Shore Pine) into this Literati
discussion (not sure about the intelligent part)..... I believe that it has many of the core elements/characteristics that one finds in this style.....it's nice and tall, has nice flaky bark, it's lanky with many twists and curves, has some natural Jin's, Shari, indicating the many struggles it's survived. Its base is 3", current height is 48" from the pot rim (total length of tree is just over 70").....so it could be much taller as it can easily be titled (to the left in the photos) when it gets a much stronger root system. It came with a beaver pelt of roots which travelled far on the granite rock I found it on.....the entire rootball was rolled it like a sleeping bag, wrapped with wet moss and plastic wrap and into the trusty backpack for transport.
I'm hopeful for its survival as it's flushed nicely this spring...will nurse it along feeding it well for the next two years.
Cheers G
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