Ikebana

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.

Ikebana.1956.Hiroshi Teshigahara.avi
Format : AVI at 3 349 Kbps
Length : 778 MiB for 32min 28s 949ms
Video #0 : MPEG-4 Visual at 3 149 Kbps
Aspect : 720 x 544 (1.324) at 23.976 fps
Audio #0 : AC-3 at 192 Kbps
Infos : 1 Kanal, 48,0 KHz