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Posted by jagostinelli@lycos.com on October 10, 2006, 12:50 pm
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THE MASTERS' BOOK OF IKEBANA: BACKGROUND AND PRINCIPLES OF JAPANESE
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT (1966)
With lessons by the masters of Japan's three foremost schools:
Sen'ei Ikenobo, Houn Ohara, Sofu Teshigahara. A background essay by
Donald Richie and a foreword by Haru Reischauer.
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Book Description: Bijutsu Shuppan Sha Tokyo, Japan 1966, Tokyo, Japan,
1966. Hard Cover. Fine in plastic protector. First Edition Stated. 272
pages. Glossary-Index, over 400 illustrations, including tipped-in full
color plates, boards are covered with kimono-silk floral pattern with
cherry wood inlay with the calligraphy word "Ikebana" by Shunso Machi.
Endpapers reproduce a detail from an ancient scroll painting showing a
12th century cherry blossom-viewing party. Lessons by the masters of
Japan's three foremost schools: Sen'Ei Ikenobo, Ikenobo School in
Kyoto; Houn Ohara, Ohara School in Osaka; Sofu Teshigahara, Sogetsu
School in Tokyo. A hard to find work and a must for anyone interested
in this topic.
Table of Contents:
Foreword, by Haru Reischauer
Acknowledgements
Chronology: The Long River of Ikebana
Part One: IKEBANA IN JAPANESE LIFE by Donald Richie
Introduction: Living Flowers
1. Lotuses For Buddha: Origins of Ikebana
2. Plum Blossoms In The Tokonoma: 1400 to 1568
3. Tea and Morning-Glories: 1568 to 1600
4. Heaven-Earth-Man and Pine Branches: 17th Century
5. Cherry Blossoms and the Ladies: 18th Century
6. Formality and a Single Iris: 1800 to 1868
7. Carnations from Black Ships:1868 to the 1920's
8. Living Sculpture: Ikebana Today
Part Two: IKEBANA IN THE HOME
Introduction
1. Ikenobo School
2. Ohara School
3. Sogetsu School
4. Basic Techniques of Ikebana
Bibliography
Glossary-Index
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