KOKA. A Passion for Ikebana

In this beautifully illustrated book of tales, ikebana master Koka Fukushima introduces the reader, season by season,...
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Author: Koka Fukushima
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KOKA. A Passion for Ikebana by Fukushima, Koka

KOKA. A Passion for Ikebana

$120.65

KOKA. A Passion for Ikebana

$120.65
Author: Koka Fukushima
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

In this beautifully illustrated book of tales, ikebana master Koka Fukushima introduces the reader, season by season, to the personalities of the flower materials she has interacted with in her half-century of flower arranging in Japan and around the world. One by one, she delves into their idiosyncrasies, mannerisms and mysteries, and the role many play in Japanese culture and folklore.


Readers will experience the unexpected: forsythia in Abu Dhabi, carnations in Mexico, myrtle in Italy, marigolds in India, and flowering cherry in Saudi Arabia. In other tales, witch hazel flowers run merrily up and down branches; mistletoe lives in trees; peach blossoms debut on Girls' Day; bush clover can be willful, baby's breath deceivingly gentle; plumed cockscomb is proud; withered sunflower does not droop; and heavenly bamboo wards off evil.


In ikebana, the practitioner chooses elements of plants-flowers, leaves, branches-and places them in a carefully selected container which complements their form, cutting and bending them to achieve the desired effect. This book offers an insider's appreciation of the plant world, of the ordinary as well as the extraordinary, of the known and the not so well known, as the artist has experienced them.




Author: Koka Fukushima
Publisher: Koka Fukushima
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d
ISBN: 9784600006778

About the Author
Fukushima, Koka: - Born in Tokyo, Koka Fukushima began her study of Sogetsu ikebana in 1960. Unofficial ambassador of Japanese culture, she has been giving ikebana demonstrations and workshops under the sponsorship of the Sogetsu School, the Japan Foundation, Ikebana International, and the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for forty years in almost eighty cities and in over forty countries. She was awarded the FY2013 Foreign Minister's Commendation for her contributions to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other countries.Beichman, Janine: - Janine Beichman received her doctorate from Columbia University, specializing in Japanese poetry. Her publications include biographies of Masaoka Shiki and Yosano Akiko, a translation of Ōoka Makoto's anthology of Japanese poetry and a volume of Ōoka's own poems, as well as her original Noh play Drifting Fires

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