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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.

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: 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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