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 in a vase. The flowers in the vase were arranged in the earliest style called "tatebana" or "tatehana" (立花, "standing flowers"), and were composed of "shin (motoki)" and "shitakusa". Recent historical research now indicates that the practice of "tatebana" derived from a combination of belief systems, including Buddhist, and the Shinto "yorishiro" belief is most likely the origin of the Japanese practice of "ikebana" that we know today. Together they form the basis for the original purely Japanese derivation of the practice of "ikebana". The art developed very slowly, and the many schools did not come into existence until the