Ikebana Flower Arranging Website Newly Published

March 14, 2010 - PRLog -- Warren, Michigan.  David Pifer, instructor at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Warren, Michigan, met with Diana Masuoka about her new website on www.IkebanaFlowerArranging.com and talked about the research that was involved in creating the content.

Diana, a long time enthusiast of this Japanese art form, explained that it was an enjoyable research project.  She talked about how Ikebana is more than just putting flowers into a vase or container.  It is actually a much more disciplined art form in which both the materials used and the philosophy behind the arrangement are based on the style being used.  Wikipedia defines Ikebana as the Japanese art of flower arrangement, also known as kado “the way of flowers”.

The most notable feature of Ikebana is that it has specific guidelines that must be followed in each style.  The three styles covered in her new website are:  Nageire, Shoka, and Moribana.  The Nageire style appeared in the later part of the 16th century because of the emergence of tea houses.  The flower masters wanted a newer style that would be less rigid and would blend more readily into the setting of their tea houses.  There was a greater freedom of expression allowed with this style which included allowing the arrangement to more closely represent their original form in nature.

Diana went on to explain that the Shoka style – also known as “Seika” – was most popular with women of the 17th century because it allowed them to express their feminine qualities.  Because of this shift in style format, the more common people of this era were able to delve into this art form and be accepted as artists.  This style incorporates the three necessary parts of any Shoka floral display:  heaven, earth and man.

The final style that Diana covered in her new website is Moribana.  She explained that this particular Ikebana style only came about within the last 50 years or so.  Moribana translates to “piled up flowers” which literally explains the end arrangement’s visual effect.  The other reason this style came into being was because of the impact that the opening of relationships between the Japan and the Western cultures.  Westerners liked a great deal of bright, colorful displays and the more traditional Ikebana styles relied on other parts of the plant such as stems, leaves, and branches.  With the influence of the West, this style became a more extreme personal expression that the previously rigid styles such as Rikka.

Another interesting aspect of Ikebana is that the practitioners of this art form are required to create their arrangements in silence.  This is because one of the benefits is that the individual becomes more patient and tolerant of the differences in their lives as well as in nature.  Diana explained that many artists that practice Ikebana feel “a closeness to nature” that provides a side benefit of relaxing the mind, body and soul.

David concluded his meeting with Diana by asking her to teach a workshop at the Ukrainian Cultural Center so that other students can learn how to create a beautiful, but effective website using the free tools that are available on the internet.

To find out more about Ikebana Flower Arranging you can visit Diana's website at:
http://www.ikebanaflowerarranging.com.

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