Japanese flower arrangement <Ike-bana> applied to western needs . RRANGEMENT which it is thought to have sprung. Infact, what Captain Brinkley so aptly wrotein regard to the tea ceremony — althoughthe embryo of the tea ceremony came fromIndia, its full-grown conventions as practisedby the Japanese could not be recognizedby the land of their origin — applies aswell to Ike-bana. China alone shows a faint impression leftby its influence in its hideous funeral bou-quets—masses of brilliant flowers on shortstems, crudely and tightly put together muchas our bouquets were arranged several gen-e
Japanese flower arrangement <Ike-bana> applied to western needs . RRANGEMENT which it is thought to have sprung. Infact, what Captain Brinkley so aptly wrotein regard to the tea ceremony — althoughthe embryo of the tea ceremony came fromIndia, its full-grown conventions as practisedby the Japanese could not be recognizedby the land of their origin — applies aswell to Ike-bana. China alone shows a faint impression leftby its influence in its hideous funeral bou-quets—masses of brilliant flowers on shortstems, crudely and tightly put together muchas our bouquets were arranged several gen-erations ago. The Chinese also lay claim toan exquisite basket for holding flowers. Butthis basket is so Greek in outline thatthere is considerable doubt as to whether itis Grecian or Chinese. By natural outcome from the Buddhist de-sire to preserve animal life came the desire topreserve plant life. It thus came to be one ofthe occupations of the priests to arrange andcare for those plants and flowers which werethe most popular of all offerings to the gods. [22]. ==J<^_i1iL^^^ l.;||=A| =Z W:
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