Ikenobo Senkei Antique Ikebana Book - Buddhist Japanese 2024 Flower Arrangement Original Woodblock Print Book

Antique Japanese Flower Arrangement Original Woodblock Print Book . Ikenobo Senkei Antique Ikebana Book - Japanese Floral Arranging. I believe the title is Hana Kagami vol.3 Rikka Shiori no Maki

This book has ~ 63 pages (not including cover pages) with illustration of Ikebana arrangements on fronts and backs of each page - a few pages are just Japanese writing. So there are about 120 illustrations. The pages are double... in other words the paper is folded over on each of the pages, if cut there would be 126 pages in total. There is an inscription inside the front cover but I do not know the translation. There is some "creasing" on the upper corner of most pages.... not really fully creased, more like some bending or folding occurred. Otherwise the inside pages are in very good condition a bit of minor spotting on pages towards the back of the book and some tearing that is only seen from outside cover edges. Cover 2024 condition as shown, fair with some wrinkiling. The "scribbles" you see on the long edge of the book are actually printed text on the folded edge of the page, would be in the middle of a page if unfolded - most evident in 6th picture. Paper does not seem fragile to me.


8.75T x 5.8W x .5D"
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The history of Ikenobo is the history of ikebana. Ikebana began with Ikenobo and although over 550 years many other schools have branched off from Ikenobo, Ikenobo is said to be the origin of ikebana. Ikenobo's history encompasses both the traditional and the modern, the two continually interacting to encourage new development in today's ikebana.

People in every era have loved flowers, but our predecessors in ikebana felt that flowers were not only beautiful but that they could reflect the passing of time and the feelings in their own hearts. When we sense plant's unspoken words and silent movements we intensify our impressions through form, a form which becomes ikebana.


Ikebana is one of the representative aspects of Japanese traditional culture, and ikebana began with Ikenobo.
The Rokkakudo Temple is said to have been founded by Prince Shotoku about 1400 years ago. Priests who made floral offerings at the Buddhist altar of this temple lived near a pond (the Japanese word “ike”), in a small hut (called “bo”). For this reason people began to call the priests by the name “Ikenobo.”

In 1462 the name Senkei Ikenobo first appeared in historic records as “master of flower arranging.” Senno Ikenobo, who was active in the late Muromachi period (mid-16th century), established the philosophy of ikebana, completing a compilation of Ikenobo teachings called “Senno Kuden.”

Senno Ikenobo taught, “Not only beautiful flowers but also buds and withered flowers have life, and each has its own beauty. By arranging flowers with reverence, one refines oneself.”

Arranging flowers and finding beauty in flowers - these are linked to a heart that values nature and cares for other people. This is the spirit of Ikenobo Ikebana.

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