Kado Flower Arrangement
We have a long history of loving and appreciating flowers. In Japan, people have put flowers in bottles or vases ever since the 6th century, around 1,500 years ago when Buddhism first came from China. Flower arrangement in Japan started from the altar flowers put in front of an image of Buddha or ancestors to console their spirits. In the Momoyama Period (16th century), it became fashionable to use flower arrangement in the tea ceremony house, but it was necessary to create suitably simple, natural, and symbolic arrangements. The style which is produced in this movement is Nageire ("throw-in") style. Artistic, spiritual and religious elements were used in the techniques of arrangement and importance of symbolism in Japanese flower arrangement grew through them.
In the Meiji Period (19th century), Moribana ("in abundance")
style was newly added and developed as one of the traditional arts.
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