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What is an Ikebana? 1. Ikebana (Ik-y-ba-na) is the art of flower arranging. 2. They are simple designs made with different flowers and branches. 3. Certain branches symbolize heaven, earth, and people.

What is a Haiku? 1. The Japanese version consists of lines that are split into syllables that add up to have 17 or 13 syllables 2. We know that Haiku poems were the kind of poem used by samurai and other people of Japan 3. Haikai is a group of Haiku

What are Haikus usually about? 1. it was originally was about nature 2. They appeal to the reader's emotion.

What is a Haiku writer like? 1. That excellent haiku writers wrote swiftly and confidently 2. Had excellent calligraphy (neat and fancy handwriting) 3. A man's saying was, "A man and his brush-writing are one and the same."

What is a Japanese garden? 1. Japanese gardens are works of art that are made wherever there is space. They contain rocks, pebbles, sand, trees, ponds, and running water. These elements are supposed to create a miniature world in Japanese culture 2. The Rocks represent mountains, trees that are planted are small trees called a bonsai, they represent forests, and the ponds represent oceans. 3. Enlightenment takes years of meditation while watching trees change and rocks endure- or it could a sudden sound like splashing of water or a frog leaping into a pond.

What purpose do landscape paintings and gardens serve? 1. They designed Zen gardens to serve as visual koans which are verdant gardens with intimate paths 2. Some gardeners plant only moss since flowers can be distracting

What are gardens composed of? <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: middle;">1. They contain rocks, pebbles, sand, trees, ponds, and running water <span style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 27pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in; vertical-align: middle;">2. the trees that are planted are small trees called a bonsai

Samurai Arts: Ikebana, Haiku, Gardens Liam Carriker and Matthew Glosson Ms. Stewart’s WC   Period 2

Some people think of Samurai as fierce, fighting, brave, and honorable people. Yet, what they don’t know is that Samurai have a peaceful side. Samurai practice the arts of Haikus, Zen Gardens, and Ikebanas.

A haiku is a poem that consists of seventeen or thirteen syllables that is split into lines with a specific number of syllables. The American version is five syllables on the first line, seven syllables on the second line, and five syllables on the third and last line. The haiku was a poem used by samurai and people of Japan and are still used today.

A group of haikus are called “haikai”. Haikus are usually about nature and appeal to the reader’s emotion. Haikus are good with excellent writers that are comfortable There can be many haiku writers. Some have crude writing even though their haikus sound beautiful.

People who excelled at writing haikus wrote swiftly and with confidence that their haikus sound and look good. They had excellent calligraphy (which is neat and fancy handwriting), and the saying was that a man and his brush-writing are one and the same. That means that the man knows what he is writing and he/she is very sure that theirs is great.

Japanese gardens are a work of art that is made wherever there is free space. They contain rocks, pebbles, sand, trees, ponds, and running water. These elements are supposed to create a miniature world in Japanese culture. The rocks represent mountains, the small bonsai trees represent forests and the ponds represent oceans.

 The purposes of these gardens are very easy to describe. They are meant to serve as visual koans which are verdant gardens with intimate paths. Some gardener’s plant moss instead of flowers since a flower’s vibrant color could distract meditation. Enlightenment takes years of meditation while watching trees change, rocks endure- or it could be a sudden sound like splashing of water.

Ikebana is the ancient Japanese art of flower arrangement. It is pronounced (Ik-y-ba-na). Samurai made simple designs made with different flowers and branches. Certain braches symbolize certain things like heaven, earth, and people. The uppermost branch stands for heaven; the branch to the right symbolizes the people, and the lowest branches on the left represent earth.

Citation

Editors of Time-Life Books. //What Life was Like Among Samurai and Shoguns: Japan, AD 1000-1700//. Alexandria Va: TimeLife Books, 1999. Print. Kalman, Bobbie. //Japan, the Culture//. Toronto: Crabtree Pub. Co., 1989. Print. Dunn, Charles James. //Everyday life in Traditional Japan [by] C. J. Dunn. Drawings by Laurence Broderick//. Boston: C E Tuttle Co, 2000. Print. The author paints a vivid portrait of Tokugawa Japan when, under control of the shogun, the daily life of different classes consolidated the traditions that shaped modern Japan. Classes include authentic samurai, farmers, craftsmen, merchants, courtiers, priests, actors, and outcasts. (6 copies