HISTORY OF IKE-BANA 



in Cha-no-yu was pretty certain to be also a 

 follower of Ike-bana. 



The style of Nageire, after a long, hard 

 struggle for existence as a dependent of 

 Rikkwa, branched off, became independent 

 and very popular. It was welcomed by 

 the people of the sixteenth century for its 

 freedom of line and natural beauty. So 

 that while these two branches both started 

 in the Higashiyama Age, Rikkwa better rep- 

 resents the taste of that time, while Nageire 

 gives us a truer idea of the taste of the 

 Momoyama Age. In short, Rikkwa was 

 slighted in the Momoyama period, but in 

 the first part of the Tokugawa Age (1603- 

 1668) it was revived and became more 

 popular than ever before. 



In the Higashiyama Age Rikkwa was 

 used only as room decorations on ceremonial 

 occasions, but it now was followed as a fine 

 art and looked upon as an accomplishment 

 and pastime of the upper classes. 



It has always been considered a dignified 

 accomplishment. All of Japan's most cele- 



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