CHAPTER FOURTEEN 

 FLOWER PLACING IN JAPAN 



TO those unfamiliar with the customs 

 of Japan, the way in which flowers 

 are placed in their homes may be 

 of interest. 



There are prescribed places in which 

 the flowers may be arranged, and only in 

 these spots; nothing haphazard is per- 

 missible. Built into every room is a place 

 for flowers, and they are seldom put else- 

 where. Occasionally hooked or hanging vases 

 are hung where individual taste dictates, 

 but generally flowers are placed on the floor 

 or hung on one side of the tokonoma. 



Four arrangements in a room would be 

 the maximum. In the houses of the well- 

 to-do there is frequently a room set apart 

 for flowers only. Here the walls are hung 

 with beautiful kakimono or scroll pictures 

 and beneath these are placed flower stands 

 and vases. This room is kept constantly 



