Most Common Styles

In English, the most common styles include: formal upright, slant, informal upright, cascade, semi-cascade, raft, literati, and group/forest. This list is compiled on Wikipedia. Formal upright style, or Chokkan, is characterized by a straight, upright, tapering trunk. Informal upright style, or Moyogi, may incorporate pronounced bends and curves in the trunk and branches of the …