Japanese Culture - Arts - Ikebana, Flower Arrangement

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 10 months ago

While flower arrangement for many people in the West consists of symmetrically arranging flowering plants in a vase, Japanese Ikebana (literally 'flowers kept alive') is a lot more complex. There are many schools, of which the most popular are Ikenobo, Sogetsu and Ohara.

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