A suiseki at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum of the United States National Arboretum
Suiseki (水石?) is the Japanese art of stone appreciation and may also refer to the objects of the appreciation—the stones. Suiseki may take many forms including those that bear a resemblance to human figures, animal figures, landscape forms, and those which are purely abstract. Suiseki grew from the Gongshi (Chinese: 供石; pinyin: gōngshí) of China, where people have been appreciating the natural aesthetics.
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