The Poetry of Ikebana

The Poetry of Ikebana is the result of internationally acclaimed Noriko Ohno's lifetime commitment to a single goal: making ikebana a world-wide art form, accessible to everyone, that incorporates flowers, vases, and designs from all countries.
Featuring 42 of Ohno's most treasured arrangements in full color, this volume is an excellent hint source for beginners and advanced students alike.
Each arrangement is explored in detail, through Ohno's own comments on the feelings that inspired it, her suggestions for displaying each in any home, a complete list of the flower materials used, and a simplified line drawing showing the position of the chief branches. The flowers and vases come from all over the world-almost all flowers are available in North America-and the works range from the serious and traditional to the humorous and almost irreverent. The arrangements for spring, summer, fall, and winter are followed by a section of "Impressions"-fascinating floral representations of people and places whose memories Ohno holds most dear. And the 24-page section introducing the basics of ikebana arrangement is packed with over 50 illustrations and pho-tographs, using the clear presentation that Ohno has perfected during 40 years of teaching ikebana to non-Japanese students.