BUNJIN - The only named bonsai style to originate in China, with Japanese name Bunjin (sometimes also spelt as Bunjingi).

The Chinese word wenjen means scholars practiced in the arts. Japanese bonsai growers translated this as bunjin which has no English equivalent so western growers use the name literati which derives from the Latin word for literate or educated people.

This style breaks many of the bonsai rules, usually with several twists and curves in the trunk. In nature, Scots Pines often grow in this form.