CHAPTER FIVE 



THE TWO PRINCIPAL FORMS OR 

 STYLES USED IN FLOWER 

 ARRANGEMENT 



IN and Yo are the names of the two 

 styles in one or the other of which every 

 Japanese arrangement must be made. 

 In is the female style. It has Earth 

 to the right. 



Yo is the male and has Earth to the left. 

 These statements may not seem to agree 

 with the diagrams, but it should be remem- 

 bered that the Japanese put themselves in 

 the place of the vase, and in this book 

 directions are given from the Japanese 

 standpoint. 



Outside of Japan, where many meanings 

 and symbolisms are attached to the sex of 

 the style, it will not matter which arrange- 

 ment you make, except for consideration of 



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