Juniper Juniper Itoigawa
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• Height: 39 cm excluding pot

• Width: 44 cm

  Trunk size: 14.5cm

Pot size: 30 x 42,5 x 7,5 cm

Photos taken in November 2025

Juniper Itoigawa Bonsai on Stone, 39 cm

This Juniper Itoigawa bonsai is a living specimen planted on stone in the ishitsuki style, standing 39 cm tall excluding its pot. Itoigawa is a prized variety of Juniperus chinensis, the shimpaku juniper, known for its fine, dense, blue-green foliage and the supple branches that take so well to shaping. Here the tree grips a rugged rock, its roots tracing the stone’s contours so that wood and mineral read as a single weathered scene, like a tree clinging to a mountain ledge.

The trunk shows movement and age, with a clear interplay between living veins and the paler grain of stripped deadwood that gives shimpaku its dramatic, mountain-bred look. Foliage pads are arranged to let light into the structure, and the rock planting raises the whole composition so it can be appreciated from several angles. A pot is included to display the rock and tree as photographed.

An ishitsuki rock planting

Rock plantings are among the most evocative forms in bonsai, and Itoigawa is a classic choice for them. The juniper’s tight foliage and willingness to be wired make it ideal for the windswept, clinging silhouettes the style is loved for. This specimen has the proportion and balance to stand as a centrepiece, whether on a display bench or at the heart of a collection.

About this specimen

Each tree of this kind is unique, shaped by its own growth and the particular stone it sits on. What you see in the photographs is the actual character of this Juniper Itoigawa bonsai: the line of the trunk, the placement on the rock, and the established foliage. It is a piece that rewards close looking and only grows more interesting with time.

For anyone drawn to the shimpaku juniper and the quiet drama of a tree on stone, this Itoigawa specimen offers a genuine, characterful example of the ishitsuki style, complete with its pot.