Ikebana a piece's color combinations, natural shapes, graceful lines, and the implied meaning of the arrangement. Another common but not exclusive aspect present in "ikebana" is its employment of minimalism. Some arrangements may consist of only a minimal number of blooms interspersed among stalks and leaves. The structure of some Japanese flower arrangements is based on a scalene triangle delineated by three main points, usually twigs, considered in some schools to symbolize heaven, human, and earth, or sun, moon, and earth. Use of these terms is limited to certain schools and is not customary in more traditional schools. A notable exception
Ikebana lines became complicated and the forms pattern-like. This was an age of utmost elegance. All the fine arts were highly developed, above all pattern-printing for fabrics and decoration. In the latter part of the 17thcentury, Korin, the famous lacquer artist and essentially a creator of exquisite designs, strongly influenced "ikebana". In this period, the combination of a pattern or design with lines that followed the natural growth of the plant produced the most pleasing and graceful results. It was in the latter part of the 17thcentury that "ikebana" was most practised and reached its highest degree of perfection as an