Creating Japanese shoka
By: Patricia Swerda.
Publisher: Shufunotomo Co.
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Tokyo
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 140
Subjects: Flower arrangement, Japanese -- Ikenobō school.; Flower arrangement, Japanese -- Shōka style.
First sentence: For many years Westerners have tried to understand the beauty of the classical form of Ikenobo's Shoka.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 5; title: Preface by Sen'ei Ikenobo
pagenum: 6; title: Foreword
pagenum: 12; label: 1
pagenum: 26
title: History of Ikebana as Related to the Shoka Form; label: 2
pagenum: 36
title: Understanding the Shoka Form; label: 3
pagenum: 46
title: Techniques of Shoka; title: Cutting stems for insertion
pagenum: 51; title: Wiring of stems
pagenum: 55; label: 4
pagenum: 59
title: Containers and Equipment; label: 5
pagenum: 69
title: Colors and Their Uses in Shoka; label: 6
pagenum: 72
title: Basic Forms of the Shoka Style; label: 7
pagenum: 81
title: Procedures for Construction of Shoka; label: 8
pagenum: 90
title: Lessons in Shoka Construction; title: Isshu-ike Shoka in Zundo (Shin-no- So)
pagenum: 90; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Antique Ryu Container (Gyo-no-Shin)
pagenum: 93; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Ogencho (Gyo-no-So)
pagenum: 97; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Ogencho (Gyo-no-So)
pagenum: 100; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Small Rappa-gata (Gyo-no-So)
pagenum: 103; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Ryu Container (Gyo-no-So)
pagenum: 105; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Tsuribune (So-no-So)
pagenum: 107; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Mangetsu (So-no-So)
pagenum: 112; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Nijugire (So-no-So)
pagenum: 117; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Mangetsu (So-no-So)
pagenum: 121; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Korean Suiban (So-no-Gyo)
pagenum: 124; title: Nishu-ike Shoka in Tachinobori (So-no-So)
pagenum: 128; title: Terms Used in This Text
pagenum: 133