Right now we’re that includes Mauro Stemberger. Somebody with a strong and prolific presence all through our bonsai world. And he is not afraid to tackle very massive timber with gusto and appreciable expertise. 
A Taxus cuspidata (var Nigata) from Bonsai membership Dolomiti night time, at Mauro Stemberger’s ItalianBonsaiDream.
Loopy motion on the trunk…
…that pops up on the crown.
Mauro calls this uncommon little magnificence a Southern field, so we all know it is some type of Buxus. Past that, your guess is nearly as good as mine.
A better look.
‘Duckbilled field’?
One other Taxus cuspidata (Japanese yew) which proves as soon as once more that for deadwood, Taxus is difficult to beat (and HARD too!).
Creature function.
Foliage framing the decrease trunk.
And it is a decrease trunk value framing.
