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The rules for the brach structure are the same but the trunk may have a number of curves, both from left to right and fron to back.The braches should ideally grow for m outside of the curves and never on the inside as the creates a shock to the eye.The apex should lean towards the front.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="46ecdb10.gif" border=0 width="205" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Semi Cascade Style - Han-Kengai</div> <div> Both this style and the cascade style depict trees clinging to a cliff face, where they are beaten by natures elements. The trunk should have dramatic curves and  taper, and the braches should ideally also cascade from the trunk. Tradition states that the inverted 'apex' should be directly below the centre of the trunk. The one unbreakable rule is that the lowest point must below the rim of the pot, but not the base.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="474cdaf0.gif" border=0 width="205" height="175" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Cascade Style - Kengai</div> <div> The difference between this style and the semi-cascade is that here the trunk must fall below the the base of the pot.All other criteria are the same.Good cascades are rare because of the difficulty in maintaining vigour in the lowest parts of the tree, opposing its natural urge to grow upwards.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="47666b10.gif" border=0 width="102" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Broom Style - Hokidachi</div> <div> This style was modelled on the natural habit of the zelkova and is seldom successfully used for other than related species, since it works best with trees bearing alternate foliage.All branches should emerge form the top of a straight trunk and fork at regularly diminishing intervals until a network of fine shots at the tips forms an even-domed crown.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="478cd7b0.gif" border=0 width="205" height="123" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Slanting Style - Shakan</div> <div> Another varaition on the formal upright style, exept that it is not upright. The trunk is usually straight-ish, although it may have a gentle curve or two.The placement of the branches needs to be carefully thought out in order to stabilise the design and to prevent the tree looking as if its about to fall over.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="47acda00.gif" border=0 width="205" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Root-Over-Rock - Sekijoju</div> <div> In rocky terrain the scarce soil is constantly being eroded, exposing the rocks and the roots of the tree growing amongst them. This style depicts such a tree whose roots, as the thicken, cling to any rocks beneath them. The tree itself can be of any style, although broom and formal upright styles look out of place. The most important factor is that the roots should be clinging tightly to the rock and have a mature texture.</div> <div> <IMG SRC="47ccd9d0.gif" border=0 width="205" height="157" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Roots-On-Rock Style - Ishitsuki</div> <div> The tree itself may follow any style, the significance is that the rock is used rather than a pot, with the roots growing in a crevice or hollow. The rock may stand in a shallow dish of soil or, better still, in a water tray. 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