Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The Japanese art of formal flower arrangement with special regard shown to balance, harmony, and form.
Wiktionary
- n. Japanese flower arrangement
Etymologies
- From Japanese 生け花 (いけばな, ikebana) (Wiktionary)
- Japanese : ikeru, to arrange + hana, flower. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Now it is filled with spring flowers in Japanese ikebana vases made by Omlor; hand beaded bracelets and hair decorations, made by Guatemalans; tote bags painted by a Mexican woman, Sylvia Hernandez, to support her family; and candle holders made of the wood of olive trees from Palestine, for the Sisters mission to help the people of Palestine.”
“Zen Images - I don't know a lot about ikebana, which is the theme of this blog.”
“These were individuals who practised traditional Japanese arts such as ikebana or Kabuki theatre "in a supreme way".”
“The nation, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, even has a term for death by overwork - karoshi - making stress-relieving activities such as ikebana all the more popular.”
“In the middle of all this organized chaos were several minimal metal sculptures base on the form of a teapot and influenced by the ikebana style of flower arranging.”
The Huffington Post: Bill Bush: Ikebana Through the Eyes of Peter Shire: This Artweek.LA (May 2-8)
“There will be music and dance, ikebana flower arranging, tea ceremonies and J-pop a-plenty.”
The Huffington Post: NY Assignment Desk: Dr. Drew, Kentucky Derby, To Kill A Mocking Bird
“Mrs. Gussie lived in Japan, Italy and Cyprus with her husband, an Army officer, and studied ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging, in Tokyo.”
“She wrote a book on the subject and later taught ikebana at flower clubs in the Washington region.”
“Comments (3) 3 Responses to “Lange Production Re-Introduces Chair by Grete Jalk” alexandre on 02 Dec 2008 at 6: 24 am # neat. it feels japanese, cause its layers are structured like an ikebana, origami or a kimono … i like it”
“Introduce traditional Japanese culture to the world (ikebana, tea ceremony, kabuki, etc)”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘ikebana’.
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The Japanese art of...
Words with definitions beginning with "The Japanese art of..." (or equivalent).
origami, kirigami, furoshiki, ikebana, makimono, ukiyo-e, netsuke, chindōgu, bonsai, naginatajutsu, butoh, Buyō and 30 more...
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dharma66's list
words that pique my interest either by meaning, pronunciation, or spelling, and words that otherwise tickle my fancy!!
pique, elusive, serendipity, nefarious, redundant, pseudoscientific, obsequious, flack, quandary, impervious, perchance, translucent and 168 more...
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patterns
ergodic, stochastic, stereopsis, echolocation, holocation, broker, map, intarsia, encipher, ocellus, muslin, mandelbrot set and 159 more...
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je les adore!
fusillade, foal, celestial, abattoir, byzantium, berlin, casablanca, babylon, balkans, albion, avalon, between the devil... and 471 more...
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...another list...
I've no idea where I got this page full of words, but whatever it is, I want to find it again. May have duplicate words from other lists.
bicameral, aphelion, dirigible, parhelion, flocculus, vernier, corticate, oxalis, pandanus, calabash, plumbago, jonquil and 217 more...
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Art Terms
mannerism, nonrepresentational, pointillism, serigraph, alla prima, trompe l'oeil, assemblage, arabesque, polychromatic, naive art, lumina, impasto and 104 more...
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spamdad's Words
lambic, weizenbock, bock, zymurgy, vade mecum, quotidian, sesquipedalian, eremite, sphragis, privation, aegis, sui generis and 275 more...
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for art's sake
words in art
nouvelle vague, avant garde, dadaism, rococo, baroque, atelier, ikebana, arabesque, tesselate, oeuvre, fauvism, cubism and 13 more...
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Adult School
The Fall adult school/community education catalogs are out.
patination, metalsmithing, hands-on potting, ikebana, loom knitting, skein of yarn, mechanical pencil, scrapbooking, distressed proper..., purchasing pre-fo..., how to flip ugly ..., methode champenois and 45 more...
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Japanese loanwords
Japanese and Japanese-derived words that have gained use in English.
honcho, daimyo, futon, sushi, shogun, samurai, sashimi, anime, manga, haiku, ikebana, karate and 10 more...
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Japanease
Aikido/Martial Arts, Philosophy, Bonsai
suiseki, dakishime, ashi, hakama, hidari, migi, domo arigato, suiseki, zanshin, aikido, hakama, hidari and 29 more...
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I like : I
ignoble, ikebana, impedimenta, inglorious, insolence, inter arma silent..., io, iron, isolate, impasse, inverness, invocation
Tweets
Looking for tweets for ikebana.
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