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Ikebana

In short, the meaning of Ikebana is Japanese flower arrangement. The word occur from ikeru(to arrange, life) and hana(flower). Japanese created an interesting art type by using flowers. A buddhist man who called Senmu found it. While they are doing this, they cut flowers, but they do not kill flowers.  This art type was also developed later such as Rikka, Nageire and Jiyuka. There are some examples of Ikebana below: