Creative Ikebana: A New Way With Flowers

By: Noriko Ohno

Ikebana, Japanese traditional flower arranging, began many centuries ago with the practice of making floral offerings to express reverence for the Buddha. Not content with traditional ikebana, Noriko Ohno has complied a collection of works in this book that breathe fresh creative life into the Japanese floral art. Her arrangements draw on the traditional Japanese aesthetic of spirit and simple beauty, and she uses many ordinary flowers in ways that bring out their natural beauty. "Simple materials in their natural state to express their natural beauty" is Mrs. Ohno's mantra. The author brings her years of experience to both beginner and experienced arrangers and makes it possible to enjoy more deeply the spiritual and aesthetic satisfaction of the living and eternal beauty of flowers.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B001JTSJFY
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Japan Publications
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 10.4"