Ikebana (1956)
DVDRip | Lang: Japanese | Subs: English (srt) | AVI | 568 x 416 | XviD @ 1463 Kbps | MP3 @ 128 Kbps VBR | 00:32:29 | 377 Mb
Genre: Documentary, Short | Japan
Traces the history of ikebana, flower arranging: its origins, its formalization 500 years ago, the emergence of the rikka or standing flower style with its heaven-earth-man trinity, and the influence of Rikyu's simplicity. Enter the modern era, embodied at the Sogetsu School, where flower arranging is taught alongside modern sculpture and pottery. We visit a weekend class of flower arranging with novice and experienced students evaluated by a master, Sofu Teshigahara, the director's father. Then we watch the master prepare for his annual one-man show. If life is an unceasing spiritual journey, says the narrator, then art gives us the courage to go on.