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The
Masters' Book of Ikčbana
Background and Principals of
Japanese Flower Arrangement
with
lessons by Japan's three leading masters and a treasury of over 400
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The binding cloth, with a
kimono-silk floral pattern, is in the favorite spring color the
Japanese call "young grass". The label, its shape and
position in the tradition of old Japanese books, is made of cherrywood
shavings and shows the word "Ikebana" in calligraphy by Miss Shunso
Machi, a leading contemprorary calligrapher. The band is a
handmade, hand-crumpled Japanese paper called Kozo Momigami. derived
from the paper mulberry. The end papers reproduce a detail
from an anceint scroll painting a 12th-century cherry-blossom-viewing
party.
Ikebana is more, much more, than merely making flowers pretty in a
vase. The very word itself, which might be translated as
"living flowers" or "bringing flowers to life," implies an attitude
toward these lovely, fragile, transient things, and this attitude is
based upon a way of looking at and living with nature.
Ikebana in its essence is a way of living- in other words, a
philosophy.
Editors: Donald Richie and Meredith Weatherby
Lessons by:
- Sen'ei Ikenobo, XLVth Headmaster,
Ikenobo School, Kyoto
- Houn Ohara, IIIrd Headmater, Ohara
School, Osaka
- Sofu Teshigahara, Founder, Sogetsu
School, Tokyo
First edition, 1966
Published by Bijutso Shuppan-sha
272 Pages
Hardcover
Fully Illustrated with many color plates.
14" x 10˝" x 1˝"
Weight is 6 lbs
Condition is good. The wrap has torn (glares at the two year old child in my life). A little fading on the
cover silk (it looks like the bottom inch was exposed to the sun) |
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The Masters Book of Ikebana Japanese Flower Arrangement 1966 HC 1st ed
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