Ikebana: Japanese Flower Arrangement Hardcover – September 15, 1995

Well written with lovely descriptions and photos.

This was a gift, and as far as I know, it was received favorably.

very well explained so easy to followsome of the arrangements are really beautiful & with the help of the book can be handled easily.

This is the real essense of Ikebana - simple, striking, and very easy to do. Excellent for both beginner and intermediate florist.

This is a clearly written, well thought out explanation of the basics of Ikebana. The photographs demonstrating the combinations of materials, and their height relative to each other, are great as examples for beginners. Many ikebana teachers don't speak English well, so this book is useful for a cross reference for something you were taught in class. One problem - there are many schools of ikebana so the book has to be quite generic in its explanations, which is not necessarily how your particular school may approach a certain principle. But again, as a study supplement to a class, it works well.

Good book and good pictures and descriptions.

My wife loves this book.

The problem with this book is that most of the shown arrangements are plainly not beautiful. They don't look balanced as real ikebana should look, containers don't seem suitable for flowers, color combinations are not always harmonious, and in many cases it is not clear why this is called ikebana at all. There are some pieces of useful information such as diagrams, tools, and tips, but I don't think it reasonable to buy the book for those 10 pages (like I did).There is a really great book on ikebana: "The art of arranging flowers; a complete guide to Japanese ikebana" by Shozo Sato, but it is out of print I am afraid. For examples of good ikebana look at these sites: [...] [...] [...]