{"id":735,"date":"2010-04-01T15:47:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T07:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2010-04-01T15:47:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T07:47:40","slug":"classification-bonsai-based-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/01\/classification-bonsai-based-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Classification of Bonsai Tree Based on Size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Mame-Shohin-Bonsai-10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736\" title=\"Mame-Shohin-Bonsai\" src=\"http:\/\/www.happybonsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Mame-Shohin-Bonsai-10-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Mame-Shohin-Bonsai\" width=\"234\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBonsai can be classified into different groups by size.  The size of bonsai is generally measured as the distance between the top of the soil and the apex of the bonsai tree.  Below is the classification of bonsai of different sizes.<\/p>\n<p>Keishi Bonsai (thumb size) \u2013 Up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) in height<br \/>\nShito Bonsai (very small) \u2013 Up to 3 inch (7.5 cm) in height<br \/>\nMame Bonsai (mini) \u2013 Up to 6 inch (15 cm) in height<br \/>\nShohin Bonsai (small) \u2013 Up to 8 inch (20 cm) in height<br \/>\nKifu Sho Bonsai (medium) &#8211; Up to 16 inch (40.5 cm) in height<br \/>\nChu Bonsai (medium large) &#8211; Up to 24 (61 cm) inch in height<br \/>\nDai Bonsai (large) &#8211; Up to 40 (101.5 cm) inch in height<\/p>\n<p>These are some standard rules that become important and helpful in shows and competitions.  Yet, often, these measures are not sharply outlined, and the exact height of the bonsai tree does not hold very strictly. For example, the majority of shohin bonsai at most bonsai shows are approximately 8 inches (20 cm) or less in height.  Yet, an elegant, slim bonsai tree may easily override the limit in height but still be considered as a shohin.  And this is same for mame bonsai.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, the main \u201crule\u201d is that we must be able to hold our shohin bonsai and mame bonsai in one hand, on our palm.  They must express the beauty of a large aged tree in miniature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonsai can be classified into different groups by size. The size of bonsai is generally measured as the distance between the top of the soil and the apex of the bonsai tree. Below is the classification of bonsai of different sizes. Keishi Bonsai (thumb size) \u2013 Up to 1 inch (2.5 cm) in height Shito &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/01\/classification-bonsai-based-size\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Classification of Bonsai Tree Based on Size&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/happybonsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}