page_title: Deadwood bonsai techniques
section_title: Deadwood techniques
hierarchical_section_title: Deadwood bonsai techniques / Deadwood techniques
caption_attribution_description: The guy involved in setting up the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, John Y. Naka, worked on this bonsai himself and added to it as he had more grandchildren. John Naka's famous bonsai masterpiece Goshin, on display at the National Bonsai &amp; Penjing Museum of the National Arboretum in Washington, DC. It consists of 11 Foemina juniper trees (Juniperus chinensis 'Foemina'), representing Naka's 11 grandchildren.
context_page_description: Deadwood bonsai techniques are methods in the Japanese art of bonsai that create, shape, and preserve dead wood on a living bonsai tree. They enhance the illusion of age and the portrayal of austerity that mark a successful bonsai.
caption: John Naka's masterpiece, Goshin, is on display at the United States National Arboretum. There are top jin on the leaders of several trees in this group planting.
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