Ikebana: Nageire Style [005]

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Title Ikebana: Nageire Style [005]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 25, Japan, Ikebana, Nagaire, 2
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1962
Subject Flower arrangement, Japanese--Photographs; Flower arrangement, Japanese Sōgetsu school--Photographs; Japan; Flowers
Description Photograph of Ikebana arrangement,"Flower Waterfall," possibly Sogetsu school, possibly Nageire style, circa 1962
Caption on Slide Sogetsu school, Nageire style, "Flower waterfall" by Sofu Teshigahara, circa 1962, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement which emphasizes shape, line and form as well as a minimalist style. While there are numerous schools of Ikebana, the three main schools are: Ikenobō, Ohara and Sōgetsu. The Sōgetsu school was founded 1927 by Sofu Teshigahara. Nageire is a style of arrangement stressing fresh and spontaneous design. It was originally a general term meaning all arrangements that differed from the traditional and formalistic Rikka style.--Wikipedia.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6c82s1d
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 329974
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c82s1d
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