Ikebana

00:00:02 A SEINEN PRODUCTIONS FILM

00:00:46 Directed by HIROSHI TESHIGAHARA

00:01:58 date back over a thousand years.

00:02:33 were extremely skilled at flower arrangement.

00:03:21 opposed the opulence and obsession with technique beloved by the aristocracy.

00:03:54 lead to the moribana school that appeared in the Meiji era

00:04:32 lt reminds us just how bold and novel the thinking of the time could be.

00:06:00 They wish to be free and imaginative

00:06:49 and a range of other materials have attracted artists' interest

00:08:08 More than two million people are said to study the art.

00:09:12 and once a month they present the results of their study.

00:11:09 a pleasure that dispels both worry and fatigue.

00:11:49 As you can see, this is a very pure ikebana arrangement.

00:12:25 but also to study the best approaches

00:12:56 you're making an arrangement on the surface of the water.

00:15:19 Understand?

00:18:16 Even if you use

00:20:15 Using these creations as a base

00:24:23 Pieces overflow the workshop all the way to the garden.

00:26:38 large ikebana, small ikebana

00:27:28 This is how l imagine the wonderful power of life."

00:30:51 They seek the freedom of wide-open spaces