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as they are easily handled and the side for the sun can be seen clearly. It was not uncommon in the 19th and early 20th century for Ikebana students practicing Seika or Shoka to construct Aspidistra arrangements for a year or more before graduating and being granted a license to arrange other floral
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the natural characteristics of the plant have to be respected and the arrangement either done in the upright, slanted or hanging form. Also depending on where the plants would grow determines the position of it in the arrangement. So for example plants from mountain regions have to be placed above
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is a composite that more reflects and emphasizes the design elements using plant materials. This type of Shoka was widespread in Japan in the 19th century and is less popular today.
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were supporters of the style as early as the 15th century. It reached its peak of popularity and artistic development in the 18th century and was formalised in the late
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school. In Japan there are currently over 1,200 officially registered different ikebana schools which all practice their own particular kind of
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works by the 40th headmaster Ikenobō Senjō (池坊専定). Senjō himself selected these works published in 1820. The original drawings were made by
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those from the lower lands. Plants used should also be seasonal to reflect the respective season in which the arrangement is being made.
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is a book written by Mary Averill. It was published in 1913 and gives a description in English of
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incorporates many of the structural rules and classical feeling of the ancient
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was introduced by the headmaster Sen'ei Ikenobō in 1997 as a new style of
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leaves were often the usual tool for beginners to learn the basics of
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works by the 42nd headmaster Ikenobō Senshō (池坊専正). In the West,
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Japanese flower arrangement (Ike-bana) applied to Western needs
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The set-up is basically triangular, with three main lines:
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Classical arrangement from the Saika-ryū (彩華流) with
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Index

Seika, Kyoto
Shōka (era)


ikebana
Sōami
shōgun
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Edo period
Matsumura Keibun
Yokoyama Seiki
Shijō school
Enshū-ryū
Ikenobō
Mishō-ryū
rikka
Aspidistra elatior
Coloured diagram of a hanging shōka, by the 40th headmaster Ikenobō Senjō, from the Sōka Hyakki (1820)
Coloured diagram of a festive shōka with the Three Friends of Winter, by the 42nd headmaster Ikenobō Senshō, from the Senshō Risshokashu (1878)
Three Friends of Winter
Arrangement of the Saga Go-ryū in front of a hanging scroll in a tokonoma. The branch to the right shows the silhouette of Mount Fuji
Saga Go-ryū
tokonoma
Mount Fuji
Formal shōka from the Ikenobō using a bronze vessel
Shōka from the Ikenobō using a bamboo vessel
Kakubana arrangement from Hanamichi Iemoto Mishō-ryū (花道家元未生流) using three bamboo vessels
Classical arrangement from the Saika-ryū (彩華流) with Salix koriyanagi willow
Modern Shōka from the Ikenobō
Moribana

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