Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd, 1970. First edition. Hardcover. Elephant folio. 168pp. Original pictorial wrappers over cloth with gold-stamped lettering on spine and front cover. Color tipped-in on title page. Overthe lastsixhundredyears, Ikebanahas becomeone ofJapan'straditionalartforms. Buddhismwasintroducedinto Japanduringthe5thand6th centuriesandreligiousfloralofferingswerepartofthe rituals. Bythe15thcentury,thereweredocumentedinstructionsforcomposingandplacingarrangementsandthe idea ofsuitingthearrangement to theseasonortheoccasionwasfirmlyentrenched.Bythelate16thcentury,Ikebana was broughtintothegrandhomesoftheeliteintheTokonoma,alargealcovewherepaintedscrollswerehungonthe wall andIkebanaarrangementsdisplayedonastrawtatamimatwithotheraestheticobjects. Distinctschoolsof Ikebana wereformedasthe..... More