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 hundred years after Ashikaga Yoshimasa. It was at this period that "cha-no-yu" reached its highest development and strongly influenced the flower art. A practitioner of tea was most probably also a follower of "ikebana". After a long, hard struggle for existence as a dependent of "rikka", "nageirebana" branched off and became independent and very popular. It was welcomed by the people of the 16thcentury for its freedom of line and natural beauty. So, while these two branches both started in the Higashiyama period, "rikka" better represents the taste of that time, and "nageirebana" more reflects the taste of the Momoyama