Wow, Dale! I had no idea it was quite so large. I've got a few trees that are right at the limit of what I can move by myself.
Do you let it flower every year then? My personal preference would be to see it more "padded out", for lack of a better term.
First we let it fill out from the original massacre, then we work on padding, BUT, I don't want it to look like the typical imported Japanese Satsuki with clouds, I want it to have the more rounded ( TROPICAL if you will) shape like a tree rather than a a twisty , narow trunk, cookie cutter imported satsuki. Heavier trunk and shorter satsuki look more like what I am aiming for, especially since I left that left reaching trunk to widen the frame.
The back really looks better than it does in the picture, but, it will not be near as open as the front. I want as close to a round foliage frame as I can get.
In the past,I usually let it bloom every year, in fact, before I got around to styling it I never even picked off the old flowers. This year I did. I'm expecting a good show next season since it's filled out quite a bit. Go back and look at the 'wild' flowering before it was styled.