Haran tebikigusa
Haran tebikigusa is a Japanese woodblock manual of flower arrangement (ikebana) by Tenshōsai Ippa, published in 1852 for students and practitioners of the art. Its pages show single-stem and branch arrangements in simple vessels, stands and low tables, drawn in clean black outline with brief calligraphic captions. A designer could take from them the economy of a few sparse stems, the asymmetric balance of line and void, and the way a tall curving branch is set against a low base.
