JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



(1477-1561), and Shugetsu of the sixteenth 

 century, we will find them all lovers of na- 

 ture, so that Ike-bana advanced in this period 

 a step farther than temple and room decora- 

 tion and commenced in a crude way to con- 

 sider natural beauty in floral arrangement. 

 At this time Ike-bana was known as Rikkwa. 



This same age conceived another form 

 of Ike-bana called Nageire. Rikkwa and 

 Nageire are the two branches into which 

 Ike-bana has been divided. National favor 

 has vacillated between these two for cen- 

 turies. In the beginning Rikkwa was 

 stiff, formal, and the more decorative; 

 whereas Nageire was simple and nearer to 

 nature. 



Although Nageire began to come into favor 

 in the Higashiyama Age, Rikkwa was still 

 preferred, and Nageire did not truly gain 

 popularity until the Momoyama Age, about 

 one hundred years after Yoshimasa. It was 

 at this period that Cha-no-yu, the Tea Cere- 

 mony, reached its highest development and 

 strongly influenced the flower art: an adept 



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