善于吸收他国文化之长,使之具有本国的鲜明特色,这是日本民族性的独特天赋。这一点已在广泛的文化领域里表现出来,盆栽便是其中一例。日本自平安朝末期至镰仓朝初期从我国南宋全盘吸收了盆栽(即树桩盆景)、“盆山”、“盆岛”这些艺术形式后,逐渐与本国的风土人情相结合,历室町、江户、明治等时代的演进,今天的“自然盆栽” Good at absorbing the long culture of other countries, so that it has its own distinctive features, this is a unique natural Japanese talent. This has been demonstrated in a wide range of cultural fields, potted plants is one example. Japan from the end of peace to the early Kamakura Dynasty absorbed the art forms of potted plants (bonsai), “basin mountains” and “basin islands” from the late Southern Song Dynasty, gradually combining with local customs and practices, Meiji era, such as the evolution of today’s “natural potted plants”