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 and grand master of the "Sōgetsu-ryū" Hiroshi Teshigahara made the movie titled "Ikebana", which describes his school. "Flower and Sword", released in 2017, tells the story of the development of "ikebana" during the Sengoku period under the rule of the regent Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the 16thcentury. It was directed by Tetsuo Shinohara, and was based on a novel by Tadashi Onitsuka. It stars Kamejiro Ichikawa as Lord Hideyoshi, Mansai Nomura as the monk Senko Ikenobo, and Koichi Sato as Sen no Rikyu. Masters and their assistants of the "Ikenobo" school were involved in creating the various "rikka", "shoka", and "suna-no-mono"