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 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