Ikebana: The Art of Arranging Flowers

This guide is much more than a picture book - it is an instruction manual for how to teach yourself Ikebana. There are numerous color photographs of many different styles of Ikebana, which are great as teaching examples or simply some inspiring designs to browse through. Most useful in this book were the line drawings of Ikebana arrangements with labels to break down the very specific parts of the arrangements. There are also some examples of common mistakes that are made in some Ikebana arrangements and how to fix them or what might make them better. Very thoughtful! This book will not only show you what Ikebana looks like, it will tell you the tools and specific techniques for this art form. It will also give you the cultural background behind the art and the thought process behind Ikebana designs. This book not only shows well, it reads well for the flower or art enthusiast. I would recommend this book for any floral artist looking to bring new energy to their work. It will keep you busy for hours - great value, worth the price.

I’ve been learning ikebana for ten years, and this book is perfect with beautiful examples and 360 degree of introduction to ikebana. The book covers all four types of classic styles, techniques and tools needed, useful tips and steps to make ikebana arrangement. It’s a must-have for ikebana lover.

excellent ideas.

A wealth of information and pictures to help the beginning practitioner of ikebana. Only criticism is that the print is quite small.

I bought this book as a present for my mother who is a gardener and has expressed interest in Ikebana. She told me last week, over four months after I gifted her the book that she absolutely loves it and finds herself leafing through every few days. She said the pictures are magical and it's given her a lot of inspiration.

Delightful, well illustrated tome on the ancient art of Ikebana. My wife, who is in charge of this department at home, credits this gem with having taught her, in simple terms and with plenty of diagrams, how to set up gorgeous floral arrangements. I have heard the "Ooohs" and "Aaahs" of her friends when they come visit.

Absolutely LOVE this book. My daughter decided to do an Ikebana arrangement for her class project in Art History and this book was extremely helpful in understand the design rules and also had quite a number of photo;s that enhanced her idea for her project. I would highly recommend this book if you are a beginner and interested in learning the art of Ikebana.

Beautiful, practical book - updated from the original gorgeous hardback by Shozo Sato, which I also have. Many illustrations, full color photographs, well-written descriptions. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Ikebana but also to anyone interested in design composition, gardening, creating beauty from everyday objects around you.

Das Buch ist zwar auf englisch, aber einfach super. Toll erklärt viele Beispiele drin.

This book has a lot of interesting tips for ikebana-lovers. This book contains a lot of photos with beautifull ikebana- flowers with comments how it was done and why it was done in this way. I also like that at the end of the book I can study the text list with different flowers description and comments about meaning of each flower in case you will put it in ikebana. I think this book will be a good present for those who starts in arranging ikebana flowers.

Muitas informações e imagens lindas, para quem quer se aprofundar mais nessa arte.

Il libro è arrivato in perfetta condizione. Ikebana non è una semplice opera didattica ma è una fonte di inspirazione ed uno strumento per uno richiamo continuo. Questo "tesoro" offre un insegnamento "maniacale" che permetta tutti gli appassionanti ad eseguire una composizione floreale. Però non non vuole dire "ikebana". Una composizione di ikebana non è soltanto "un'arte" come tanti credano ma si "La Ikebana" è soprattutto "Una Cultura Orientale": - Ogni elemento della composizione ha il suo "ruolo specifico". Per capirlo, dovrebbe sapere dialogare fino riuscire conoscere quale angolatura (girandolo fino 360 gradi) che possa esprimere meglio il suo stato di sensibilità per compiere il suo ruolo specifico in tale composizione floreale giapponese. Comporre equivalga anche una meditazione come i primi monaci aveva comportato per prepare questa offerta a Buddha e divinità del loro credo. La meditazione e la conoscenza della sensibilità di ogni componente è fondamentalmente per ottenere una composizione viva e non morta. Ikebana tenta di portare dalla natura reale ad una dimensione fisica in "miniatura" però non il suo vero "spirito e senso della sua esistenza". Questa non è una filosofia... È' "la Cultura" Vi consiglio di acquistare questa "opera", apprezzandola e chiedendola se avete qualche dubbio durante la vostra esecuzione....

This book is fantastic, very informative and the imagery is well thought through and helps you to understand the concepts more easily. Would recommend to others interested in the art form.