More trunks: this is what happens when you graft berry-bearing bits of Ilex integra into big old trunks (also of I. integra). Like Dai Sugi before, the dai bit means base (referring to the trunk), and shouldn't be confused with another, more common meaning of the word; big, or great.
Top picture at Ise Jingu, bottom one on a nursery in Osaka.
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