tanuki...a good learning experience?

cram wrote:

at a moment i wanted to sell some ...but i still dont know how to pack them ...so i leave the idea

anyway...if you have a way to do it...i can send some ...no problem

bob hill wrote:hi marcus, you will have to take a trip up to scotland,its everywhere bob hill.

cram wrote:well marcus...
two possibilities
you send me your adress in uk...and i send you a little(but nice) wood...for free(except the shipping )
or you come in my house if you come close to nice or cannes...and i will sell you a big bloody one
we can make the twice also

cram wrote:
or you come in my house if you come close to nice or cannes...and i will sell you a big bloody one
we can make the twice also

Jay Gaydosh wrote:Hope I'm not confused, but I wouldn't guarantee it!

On a tanuki, a growing tree, is attached to a piece of deadwood to make it look like it is part of the same tree. So the Ficus would not have deadwood, it would be one part of a two part display, live tree & dead wood. The more delicate and deceptive the application of the tree to the deadwood, the more dramatic and awesome the display.

Note: I found it odd, until I did a little reading, that tanuki would be a word used to describe a bonsai, since tanuki is Japanese for badger. Only as I researched the word I quickley learned that the tanuki of Japanese legend was also a shapeshifter and prone to tricking villagers. Like the shapeshifting badger, the tanuki attempts to trick the observer into believing that the spindly live tree is part and parcel, the same as the presented jin and shari of the deadwood. As presented in the article I found, although tanuki bonsai are not normally allowed in reputable Japanese Bonsai Shows, tanuki is practiced in Japanese bonsai... for fun! In the Western world, tanuki has taken on a more acceptible form of bonsai.

Jay