THE JAPANESE WAY OF THE FLOWER: IKEBANA AS MOVING MEDITATION

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H. E. Davey & Ann Kameoka

Stone Bridge Press

ISBN 1-880656-47-7

144 Pages

$16.95  
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This book shows how simple Japanese flower arranging (ikebana) techniques can be used to refresh the body and restore the spirit. Emphasizing that ikebana is first and foremost a "Way"--a spiritual and meditative art--the book offers solid grounding in Japanese aesthetics and philosophy, with references to Zen, tea ceremony, and other traditional Japanese arts. Line drawings and color photographs show step-by-step arrangements especially for beginners and casual practitioners.

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H. E. Davey is author of Brush Meditation: A Japanese Way to Mind & Body Harmony and is head of the Sennin Foundation Center for Japanese Cultural Arts. Ann Kameoka is a licensed 1st-grade instructor in Ikenobo ikebana. Both authors live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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See the excerpt from The Japanese Way of the Flower that was published in the Fall 2000 issue of Michi Online: Journal of Japanese Cultural Arts. The Japanese Way of the Flower: Ikebana as Moving Meditation is no longer in print, but the book in its entirety appears in the anthology The Japanese Way of the Artist. 

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