Saikei
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Saikei is the Japanese art of creating tray landscapes that combine miniature living trees with soil, rocks, water, and related vegetation in a single tray or similar container. A saikei landscape is
Trees, soil, and rocks form a miniature living landscape in this example of a saikei.
Multi-species saikei named Roan Mountain contains Shimpaku juniper and Zakura azalea.
Saikei featuring Seiju elm
Typical bonsai multiple planting, with simple topography and single vegetation mass
Kokan Shiren
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Kokan Shiren, Japanese Rinzai Zen patriarch and celebrated poet. He preached Buddhism at the Imperial court, and was noted for his poetry in the Literature of the Five Mountains tradition. He was the
A poem and calligraphy in Chinese by Kokan