CHAPTER TWO 

 RULES IN RHYME 



MOST of the fundamental ideas in 

 Flower Arrangement have been ex- 

 pressed in verse. The first flower 

 composition made by Ikenobu, the priest, 

 who started the school now bearing his 

 name, was formed from azaleas and maple, 

 which after gathering are put together in 

 such a manner that the scenery of Kamo- 

 no-dan Kyoto was represented. From this 

 arrangement he evolved nineteen principles, 

 which are the origin of the present Ikenobu 

 School, never more than nineteen flowers 

 being used in that style. About this period 

 a poem was written: 



lye no ucbi ni 

 Miyako no nishiki 

 Kaki masete 

 Hana mo, momiji mo 

 Hitotsu nizo, miru. 



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