1) Upright: Formal (chokkan), Informal (Moyogi),
2) Slanting (Shakan)
3) Literati (Bunjingi)
4) Cascade (Kengai) Full or Semi,
5) Coiled (Bankan)
6) Twisted (Nejikan)
7) Group Plantation (YOSE-UYE)
8) Rock Plants: Root Over Rock (Sekjoju), Clinging To Rock (Ishitsuki),
9) Broom (Hokidashi)
10) Windswept (Fukinagashi),
11) Weeping (Shidase-Zukuri)
12) Double Trunk (Sokan),
13) Triple Trunk (Sankan),
14) Five Trunk (Gokan),
15) Clump (Kabudachi),
16) Exposed Root (Ne-Agari),
17) Raft (Ikodabuki),
18) Connected Root (Netsunagari).