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ikebana

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i·ke·ba·na  (k-bänä, k-)
n.
The Japanese art of formal flower arrangement with special regard shown to balance, harmony, and form.

[Japanese : ikeru, to arrange + hana, flower.]

ikebana [ˌiːkəˈbɑːnə]
n
(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Crafts) the Japanese decorative art of flower arrangement

ikebana
the Japanese art of flower arrangement, especially for the home.
See also: Flowers


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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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