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ikebana

Japanese art of flower arrangement. It dates from the 6th–7th century when arrangements of flowers were placed as offerings in Buddhist temples, a practice learned from China. In the 15th century, ikebana became a favourite pastime of the nobility. The oldest of the Japanese ikebana schools is Ikenobo at Kyoto (7th century).



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They put up a judo dojo where the men could toss one another around, a kitchen to prepare sushi and tempura, rooms to teach ikebana flower arrangement and language classes and a quiet garden to honor the veterans who served their new homeland in World War II and Korea.
Imagine a cross between bonsai trees, ikebana arrangements, and Disney's California Adventure: Each work offers a variation on Brancusian interdependence of sculpture and base, consisting of a tortured outcropping of faux rock--roughly hewn and pieced together from bits of scrap lumber--and functioning as pedestal or shelf for tiny handcrafted trees.
There are intimations of another country in the film--an old sensei teaching ikebana, chanting monks at a temple.
 
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