2011年5月21日土曜日

たて花 (心の花) Shin-no-hana Part2

From "The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement" (1891) by Josiah Conder

An approach to symmetry was a governing feature of such compositions (tate-bana or shin-no-hana style), the designers not having yet developed that less formal kind of balance discoverable in the modern style which is more in harmony with nature and admits of endless variety of form. Branches of blossoming trees or foliage were employed in their natural state, without artificial bending or trimming, to form a vertical central mass; and other flowers or bunches of foliage were disposed on either side in balancing groups.
The idea of imparting graceful and harmonious curves to the different lines of the composition was as yet undeveloped. Unlike the later and more refined flower arrangements, this early style was remarkable for the mixture of a variety of different materials.


以下訳
たて花の特徴は対称性にある。
現在の生け花のように、格式ばらず、自然との調和を無限の形で表現するようなものには至っていない。中央の花木の枝や葉は自然の状態のまま、曲げたり切ったりせずに使用され、直立する塊となり、その他の花や枝葉は均衡を保つために左右に配置される傾向にある。

現在の生け花に見られるような、優しい、調和した曲線を複数の直線に取り入れる方法はまだ見られない。その後に洗練されてきた他のいけばな技法と違い、この古典的たて花では多様な要素が混合している。

たて花 tate-bana
From "The flowers of Japan and the art of floral arrangement" (1891)


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