A refined small deciduous tree from the mountains of Japan, Manchuria, and Korea, grown above all for its nearly round, many-lobed leaves and its brilliant red-orange autumn color. It builds slowly to a rounded, spreading 15-30 feet, carrying small reddish-purple flowers in spring before the foliage hardens. A classic specimen and dappled-shade understory tree that resents hot, dry, windy sites; not native to North America.