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IKEBANA. Ee-kay-bah-na. Japanese Flower Arranging. 1. Rikka – most traditional. (Ree-kah). 2- Shoka – easy. Shoka uses only three main branches, known as ten (heaven), chi (earth) and jin (man) and is designed to show the beauty of the plant itself. 3- Moribana- easy mounding.
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IKEBANA Ee-kay-bah-na Japanese Flower Arranging
1. Rikka – most traditional (Ree-kah)
Shoka uses only three main branches, known as ten (heaven), chi (earth) and jin (man) and is designed to show the beauty of the plant itself
3- Moribana- easy mounding
Generally Shin’s height is about one and a half times the vase’s diameter plus the height of the vase. Soe is about three quarters of the Shin and Tai is about a half.
The shushi are the three main branches – the shin (truth) branch, the soe (supporting) branch and the hikae (moderating) branch
4- Nageire- upright (nah-gay-ray)
Nageire is also composed of three main branches, Shin, Soe (so-ay) and Tai. • Shin’s height is usually one and a half of the height of the vase plus the width of the vase. • Soe is about two-thirds to three-quarters of the Shin. • Tai is about one-third to half of the height of the Shin.