Jins on Deciduous Material

Lesley

I have a Trident Maple that has some die back on the trunk at the apex and I was wondering if I could Jin this (Like seen on bald cypress)? I looked through my articles and books and most of the species, in fact all of them, with Jins are conifers. What's the general opinion about Jin on Maples, Elms etc. !

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jemmick

In my humble opinion I don't think that it would look good on maples or elms. There is great controversy as to whether it is acceptable or not on any deciduous tree . It is my understanding that the japanese methodology frowns on the practice. Partly because of its visual impact and partly because the wood on deciduous trees decays at a quicker rate . I am of the opinion however that natural deciduous trees do exhibit both jin and shari. I DO not normally subscribe to the use of jin on deciduous trees but do make use of shari-miki on tree species such as apple, honeysuckle and think that hollowed out trunks look really aged on some specie of maple (trident).Don't know if this helps.Just a thought.
Regards,
Jonathan

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Lesley

Jonathan,

This answers my question perfectly and now I know what to do with the die back,looks like a trunk chop is in the future. Can you site a source for the technique of shari-miki that you referred to. Maybe I can read up on it.

Thanks again,
Lesley

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