{"product_id":"ikebana-sogetsu-flower-arrangement-for-beginners","title":"Ikebana: Sogetsu Flower Arrangement (For Beginners)","description":"79 pp. Ikebana (???, ???, \"arranging flowers\" or \"making flowers alive\") is the Japanese art of flower arrangement.[1][2] It is also known as Kado (??, \"way of flowers\"). The tradition dates back to the 7th century when floral offerings were made at altars. Later, they were placed in the tokonoma (alcove) of a home. Ikebana reached its first zenith in the 16th century under the influence of Buddhist tea masters and has grown over the centuries, with over 1,000 different schools in Japan and abroad. Sogetsu-ryu (???) is a school of Ikebana, or Japanese floral art. Sogetsu was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in 1927.[1] Sofu's father was an Ikebana master, who taught his son from childhood. Sofu wanted to become a painter, but he found that the possibilities for creative expression in using green materials are endless, just as in painting.[2] He found that the strict rules of traditional ikebana did not allow individual expression. He broke away from traditional ikebana and formed his school in 1926.[3] In the beginning, he promoted the school through radio. As of 2016, there have been four headmasters. Sofu's daughter Kazumi was a gifted artist. She became the second headmaster until she died at age 47. Her elder brother, film director Hiroshi Teshigahara, took over. The current headmaster is Akane, Sofu's granddaughter.[3] The Sogetsu school is an open-minded and avant-gardist school. The school was one of the first to have English textbooks.[4]","brand":"Sogetsu-School","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20772984324166,"sku":"2287949","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2287949.jpg?v=1571426964","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/ikebana-sogetsu-flower-arrangement-for-beginners","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}