There are many books about bonsai, various techniques, bonsai styling, bonsai cultivation. Those of you who are looking for shohin books will only be able to find some if you are fluent in Japanese. "Bonsai Shohin Passion", written by the South Tyrolean bonsai expert Roland Schatzer, fills the gap of shohin books published in languages other than Japanese, and offers a wide range of tips and advice on 370 pages, for beginners as well as for expert bonsai fans. With more than 1,200 pictures this books shows how shohin trees can be cultivated and refined. Lots of useful knowledge that enables the reader to carry out his/her own experiments to obtain and successfully style a shohin of their own.
Roland - if you’re reading this; please release an update to this book. An ebook would work well and require less effort. This is the only book of its kind; a sort of holy grail of Shohin bonsai evolution over time. The unique part of this book is in the year on year development. No other book does this well for Shohin. I’ll refer back to this book hundreds of times as I continue to evolve my trees.