Literati Tosho

[clive bennett]

very nice tree, a year or two refinement and a new smaller pot and you have a real winner, great material

 

[Lazylightningny]

The live vein is exceptional.

 

[LanceMac10]

Antique Chinese Future?

 

[LeonardB]

Something about that branch looking like a continuation of a loop is distracting to me.

I'd like to see that branch moved away from the front of the trunk too.

It feels disconnected somehow.

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Sorce

I was thinking of that as well with perhaps the addition of more right bend of the main stem ( where it already shows )?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Repotted into a nanban-style container. Not special, but definitely more fitting. @thams see the British soldiers?

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

tiny helmets... Like the age in the tree. Do you have a particular pot in mind?

 

[chicago1980]

Repotted into a nanban-style container. Not special, but definitely more fitting. @thams see the British soldiers?
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I like the new pot. Looking great.

 

[Cadillactaste]

That is absolutely stunning! I believe I seen the clouds part and a ray of a sunbeam shine down...and in the distance...are those Angels singing?

 

[JudyB]

I really like the pot for it. I wonder if planting a bit off center to the right would be a good choice?

 

[thams]

Repotted into a nanban-style container. Not special, but definitely more fitting. @thams see the British soldiers?
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Fantastic! Happy to see them settled into their new home!

 

[Nomiyama]

The new pot is fitting Brian, I think it helps the image a lot. Great choice, keep up the great work.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Last pot good, trunk great but when drops down becomes uninteresting.

 

[my nellie]

Marvellous deadwood and concomitant live vein!

... ...I wonder if planting a bit off center to the right would be a good choice?

Me, too, if I may....

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I really like the pot for it. I wonder if planting a bit off center to the right would be a good choice?

I played around with placement: setting it off-center in a round pot just looked like a mistake; and to balance the left movement with right placement made the whole composition look like a rookie error. Centering it left/right supports the visual tension of the unbalanced foliage. I did place it slightly forward to make the pot appear smaller.

Do you have a particular pot in mind?

Older!

 

[JudyB]

Thanks for that explanation, I'm sure you would put it in the best placement. Having the tree in front of you makes all the difference. The first bend in that trunk is mesmerizing to look at.

 

[kakejiku]

In the original pot it seemed to have a 方輪車 (katawakuruma) style design etched on the sides. Do you know the history of this 模様 (moyou) or pattern?

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

In the original pot it seemed to have a 方輪車 (katawakuruma) style design etched on the sides. Do you know the history of this 模様 (moyou) or pattern?

The original pot is by Sara Rayner, and she calls that slip texture "combed", so I doubt even she knows what you're talking about. A search of the term translated katawakuruma to "half-wheel"; showing rolling hills and karate moves.

 

[LanceMac10]

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

I like this phase of new growth...getting shaggy...

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Don't let it get too shaggy or you run the risk that your trunk will thicken too much.