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Chinese flower arrangement started from Six Dynasties era, and became popular in Tang and Song Dynasties. The flower arrangement school wasn’t established until Ming Dynasty, and then spread in Japan and South Korea. IKEBANA (Japanese flower arranging) originated from sixth century AD. In 1927, Sogetsu Ikebana flower arrangment flow was founded by Sofu Teshigahara in Tokyo, Japan. In Japan, Ikebana is not only a culture, but also contains a spiritual mold and practice. Ikebana is not only a heritage of art tips to show people its beautiful flowers posture, but also can cultivate people’s character, self-cultivation, and improve their sense of beauty and social literacy. The author has studied Sogetsu Ikebana flower arranging flow for 20 years, and is very keen on its free-spirited and unrestricted creative style. Bamboo is a material which has been wildly discussed in recent years, and has been applied in flower arrangement by Sogetsu more than 50 years ago. The third generation Iemoto Hiroshi Teshigahara made the bamboo used in Ikebana extremely well and has become the representative image of this genre. Renka(れんか) was also promoted by Iemoto Hiroshi Teshigahara, his lifetime and concept has been received most attention and used by Japanese, European, and American Ikebana artists. This research uses the aesthetic concept of Ikebana to construct an exhibition by applying Taiwan bamboos with my personal viewpoints of the combination of bamboos and Ikebana flower arrangement. So far, there are few researches regarding to ikebana Sogetsu or Ikebana in Taiwan. This thesis is mainly to explain and analyze the origins, the aesthetic concepts of Ikebana as well as the history of Ikebana Sogetsu stream and the characteristics, status and floral art tips of Ikebana Sogetsu flow are also explored Meanwhile the possibility of using bamboos and bamboos artwork in Ikebana performance is discussed.
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