JAPANESE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT 



(See cut.) Hold this branch in your hand 

 together with Heaven, having it directly in 

 front of Heaven and making its lines cor- 

 respond with those of Heaven for four inches 

 at the base. Above the four inches it can 

 show more independence and branch off 

 farther from Heaven, but must still hold 

 the same lines, only at a distance from it. 



Last of all you bend the Earth branch, 

 which like Man takes the lines of Heaven 

 at the base for four inches. Hold Earth in 

 your hand with the other two branches in 

 order to get the base lines exactly right. 

 The Japanese always first compose an ar- 

 rangement in their hands be- 

 fore placing it in the vase. 



Earth, after following at 

 the base the exact lines of 

 the other two, takes an inde- 

 pendent line like this (see 

 cut) — a decidedly lateral 

 tendency that none of the other branches 

 have. It is necessary that this branch should 

 appear very far back of the others. 



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