Vases

Ikébana @font-face { font-family: Cambria Math; } @font-face { font-family: Verdana; } @page Section1 {size: 612.0pt 792.0pt; margin: 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt 70.85pt; mso-header-margin: 36.0pt; mso-footer-margin: 36.0pt; mso-paper-source: 0; } P.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman" } P { FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; MARGIN-LEFT: 0cm; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0cm; mso-style-unhide: no; mso-pagination: widow-orphan; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto } .MsoChpDefault { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-style-type: export-only; mso-default-props: yes; mso-ansi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 }The Ikebana is the Japanese Art of the presentation of flowers. But Ikebana is more than putting flowers in a vase. As is the case with all other arts, Ikebana is a creative expression with certain rules of construction. Its materials are among other green branches, leaves, various herbs and flowers. It is an art form particularly where the presentation is almost alive, and where men and nature are reconciled Ikebana, a traditional arts of Japan, was practiced for over 600 years. It has grown from Buddhist ritual of offering flowers to the spirit of the dead. In the mid-fifteenth century, with the emergence of classical styles, Ikebana has reached a level of art completely independent of its origins, while maintaining strong symbolic and philosophical nuances