| There are a lot of different styles of bamboo | | | | Here are a few popular ones that come from the |
| fencing, and choosing the right one for your back | | | | Japanese architectural tradition. All of them use a |
| yard depends on your taste and the kind of | | | | dark twine called shuro nawa to hold small bamboo |
| décor you're looking to achieve. Almost all | | | | poles together. |
| commercially available bamboo fencing will come in | | | | Misu - This is a kind of screening fence that uses |
| either rolls or panels. The most common kind will be | | | | horizontal bamboo poles like slats, installed on a |
| made of long poles with a diameter of approximately | | | | vertical support structure of posts on either side of |
| 1" or of thinner canes about ½" in diameter. | | | | the fence. |
| These poles or canes will be held together by | | | | Kenninji - This style is a classic screening fence style |
| heavy-duty galvanized wire. | | | | with no gaps between panels or poles. The bamboo |
| This kind of framework, rolls and panels come in | | | | panels are supported by half-round rails attached with |
| woven bamboo also. These consist of smaller canes | | | | dark twine. |
| held (usually also by wire) in bundles. Another style of | | | | Twig fence - This is a much less traditional and simple |
| bamboo fencing is called split bamboo fencing, made | | | | bamboo fencing style. It is basically bundles of |
| of the outer half of the bamboo cane and held | | | | bamboo twigs attached to horizontal or vertical |
| together by wire. Bamboo fencing made of woven | | | | support posts. A casual, tropical look. |
| or split bamboo, however does not last as long as | | | | Yotsume - Yotsume is an open-style fence consisting |
| fencing made of sturdier poles or canes. | | | | of broad horizontal rails supported by pickets. Its |
| Now, these are just the basic styles of bamboo | | | | surface appearance shifts depending on the angle |
| fencing, the ones most commonly available | | | | from which you look at it. |
| commercially. But bamboo fences have been | | | | Royanji - This is a shorter fence suited especially for |
| fundamental components of Asian and Asian style | | | | gardens. It consists of a lattice of narrow bamboo |
| courtyards and gardens for hundreds of years. There | | | | shoots connected to top and bottom rails, which are |
| is a plethora of more specific styles, some which are | | | | supported by posts on either side of the fence. |
| simple and some which can be enormously intricate. | | | | |