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‖ ikebana|ɪkiːˈbɑːnə|
[Jap., f. ikeru to keep alive, arrange + hana flower.]
The art of Japanese flower arrangement in which flowers are formally displayed according to strict rules, sometimes with other natural objects.
1901F. Brinkley Oriental Series: Japan III. i. 9 Another remarkable outcome of the Military epoch was the art of flower arrangement. The name applied to it, ike-bana, or ‘living flower’, explains at once the fundamental principle..that the flowers must be so arranged as to suggest the idea of actual life. 1934A. Koehn Art Jap. Flower Arrangement 2 The word ‘ikebana’ is used for all forms of Japanese Flower Arrangement. 1960Koestler Lotus & Robot ii. vii. 191 It has its charm; and so has ikebana, the Art of Flower Arrangement. 1965W. Swaan Jap. Lantern xix. 227 Chrysanthemums are particularly popular for ikebana. 1966New Statesman 3 June 809/1 On a pole in the street..I saw a signboard that advertised a local ikebana school. 1967‘G. Black’ Wind of Death x. 197 There was no ikebana flower arrangement. |