Ikebana arranged as to express peace. All gifts of flowers must be in bud, so that the person to whom they are sent may have the pleasure of seeing them openquite a contrast to the present Western idea of everything being forced to perfection before leaving the florist. The spiritual aspect of "kadō" is considered very important to its practitioners. Some practitioners feel silence is needed while making "ikebana" while others feel this is not necessary. It is a time to appreciate things in nature that people often overlook because of their busy lives. It is believed that one becomes more
Ikebana art. Still, there were occasional departures into unnatural curves and artificialities that caused a shift, and "nageirebana" again revived. Until then only one branch of "ikebana" had been taught at a time, following the taste of the day, but now rival teachers in both "rikka" and "nageirebana" existed. "Rikka" reached its greatest popularity in the Genroku era, and then commenced its decline. From the decline of "rikka", "nageirebana", the origin of the present "ikebana", grew in power and popularity. From this time on, it ceased to be called "nageirebana" and took the name of "ikebana". In the Tenmei era (1781–1789)