CHAPTER THREE 



PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF 

 JAPANESE FLOWER 

 ARRANGEMENT 



How the Flowers are Held in Place 



THE first step in the arrangement of 

 flowers in Japanese style is to make 

 the support or kubari which holds 

 the flower in an upright position in the vase. 

 This support must be firmly placed in the 

 vase so that it will not slip from side to side 

 before the flowers are put through it. 



Almost every school has a different style 

 of support. In some schools the kubari is 

 cut differently for every season of the year. 

 The ones used by Koshin-Ryu are the sim- 

 plest and are the same throughout the year. 

 They are like the cuts given on page 42. 



Take any piece of wood in which the sap 

 is running and which can be bent without 



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