CHAPTER FIVE 

 ONE-FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS 



THE one-flower arrangements, or 

 "ichirin ike," are made in two 

 ways. 



Either by starting with the idea of 

 enhancing the exceptional beauty of a single 

 flower by arranging it alone, or owing to 

 a lack of material, having perhaps only 

 one flower, a bud, or a few leaves left from 

 an elaborate decoration. If the latter is 

 the case, it must in some way suggest the 

 fuller arrangement, forming what is known 

 as a reflection or memory composition. In 

 such groups late blooming flowers called 

 Zanka are used. A single bud is even 

 better than a full blown flower, and leaves 

 alone may be used. 



Any variety of flowers are suitable in 

 an ordinary one-flower arrangement. 



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