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Ikebana (生け花, 活け花, ' arranging flowers ' or ' making flowers alive ') is the Japanese art of flower arrangement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is also known as kadō ( 華道 , ' way of flowers ' ) . The origin of ikebana can be traced back to the ancient Japanese custom of erecting evergreen trees and decorating them with flowers as yorishiro ...
An Artistic Bonsai Concours was held in Tokyo in 1892, followed by the publication of a three-volume commemorative picture book. This demonstrated a new tendency to see bonsai as an independent art form. [48] In 1903, the Tokyo association Jurakukai held showings of bonsai and ikebana at two Japanese-style restaurants
A tokonoma with a kakemono and ikebana flower arrangement Detailed view of a tokonoma and aspects of a Japanese room View from the side of a tokonoma Tokonoma at Tenryū-ji. A tokonoma (床の間), [1] or simply toko (床), [2] [3] is a recessed space in a Japanese-style reception room, in which items for artistic appreciation are displayed.
For bonsai professionals, the top competition in Japan is the Nippon Bonsai Sakufu-ten organized by the Japan Bonsai Cooperative Association. The competition is held in December of each year and the top prize is the Prime Minister Award, which went to Hiroaki Suzuki in 2022 for a Shimpaku Juniper tree.
These all developed from ikebana, which had its origin in early Buddhist flower offerings (kuge). [4] Chabana, however, refers specifically to the flower display in the room or space for chadō , [ 5 ] and though it fundamentally is a form of ikebana, it comprises a genre unto its own.
The Azuchi-Momoyama period (late 16th century) brought a renaissance in ikebana as part of a cultural renaissance. Two Ikenobō masters named Senkō I and II, completed the rikka (立花) style (also meaning standing flowers, but with more complexity than tatehana ) and Ikenobō reached a high point of its early history.
The Japanese art of bonsai dates back over a thousand years, and has evolved its own unique aesthetics and terminology. A key design practice in bonsai is a set of commonly understood, named styles that describe canonical tree and setting designs. These well-known styles provide a convenient shorthand means for communicating about existing ...
Banmi Shōfū-ryū (晩美生風流) is a school of Ikebana, an ancient Japanese art form that involves arranging flowers for spiritual purposes. [1] Ikebana accompanied Buddhism's arrival in Japan in the 6th century and evolved from a Buddhist ritual.