Shohin judging courses at Gafu-ten – Indian Bonsai Art

At Gafu-ten, Japan’s premier shohin prove, there are deal of assorted judging courses. This enables the judges to peek the most attention-grabbing contributions for a particular invent of tree or prove. One of the important thing courses consist of:

• • Over 70 cm (the field stand for the prove is 80 cm extensive)
  • 70 cm (the field stand is 70 cm extensive)
  • 60 cm (the field stand is 60 cm extensive)

• Mini (the field stand is forty five cm extensive)
• Medium-sized bonsai (bonsai as a lot as forty five cm huge)
• Toko kazari (bonsai displays on the entire featuring kifu-sized trees over 20 cm huge with scrolls)
• Bunjin bonsai (displays featuring literati-fashion bonsai)
• Suiseki (displays featuring viewing stones)
• Pot prove (displays featuring pots without trees)

This list is never any longer exhaustive, on the opposite hand it gives a peep of how we would group tiny trees on prove.

Shohin displays

In some cases the variations are subtle. Below, as an illustration, are displays featuring field stands that are 60 cm and 70 cm extensive.

60 cm and 70 cm displays

The largest class is for trees as a lot as 20 cm huge measured from the stop of the pot to the stop of the foliage. Here is the prize successful prove from this class.

Over 70 cm prove

The next largest class featured a prove by Italian bonsai fanatic Giuseppe Cristallino.

70 cm prove by Giuseppe Cristallino

The smallest courses feature bonsai grown on a extraordinarily tiny scale.

Mini prove

On the opposite stop of the spectrum are the medium-sized bonsai – trees as a lot as forty five cm huge. These trees are every so often, nonetheless no longer persistently, displayed with scrolls.

Medium prove

The toko kazari class positive aspects a tree or trees and scroll as they’d seem within the event that they were they displayed in a dwelling’s alcove or tokonoma. These trees are on the entire kifu-size, roughly 20 cm to 30 cm huge.

Toko Kazari class

Bunjin bonsai displayed at Gafu-ten may perchance well be essential better than 20 cm nonetheless they on the entire take restful forms.

Bunjin prove

Gafu-ten additionally positive aspects displays without trees. Suiseki displays consist of scrolls and accents. Pot displays consist of stands nonetheless don’t persistently feature plant life.

Suiseki prove

Pot prove

Subsequent up, a gaze at displays featuring assorted numbers of trees.

Connected Put up

Anatomy of a shohin prove