Ikebana (flower arrangement) Vase

Ikebana is a traditional Japanese art that has flourished since the sixteenth century when the Buddhist priests offered up flowers before Buddha. Its fundamental concept is to express the three elements of heaven, earth, and mankind in a balanced composition, using natural flowers. The general style is to fill a wide-mouthed, simple vase with water, and stick and heap up the flowers on kenzan, that is a metallic plate with many thick needles pointing up. Natural beauty and one’s feelings are expressed by using scissors to adjust the length of the stems, and to modify the shape of the leaves and by using the hands to add curvature.

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