Ikebana room decoration and commenced in a rudimentary way to consider natural beauty in floral arrangement. At this time "ikebana" was known as "rikka". This same age conceived another form called "nageirebana". "Rikka" and "nageirebana" are the two branches into which "ikebana" has been divided. Popularity of the two styles vacillated between these two for centuries. In the beginning, "rikka" was stiff, formal, and more decorative while "nageirebana" was simpler and more natural. Although "nageirebana" began to come into favour in the Higashiyama period, "rikka" was still preferred, and "nageirebana" did not truly gain popularity until the Momoyama period, about a
Ikebana of the Buddhist community. As time passed, other schools emerged, styles changed, and "ikebana" became a custom among the whole of Japanese society. and many others. Other schools include "Banmi Shofu-ryū", founded in 1962 by Bessie "Yoneko Banmi" Fooks, and "Kaden-ryū", founded by Kikuto Sakagawa in 1987 based on the "Ikenobo" school. Since flower arrangement entered Japan from China with Buddhism, it naturally was imbued with Chinese and Buddhist philosophy. The Buddhist desire to preserve life lies at the root of the whole subject and has created most of the rules of flower arrangement, controlling also the shapes of the