Unjo-ryu Muraoka Shokado, Artificial flower – (Unjo-Ryu Muraoka Shokado) Previous Next


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Date: 2019

Technique: Silk

The history of artificial flower-making in Japan goes back to the 8th century, when a poem in the Man yoshu anthology contains a poem apparently referring to such flowers. In the Heian period (794-1 1 85) artificial flowers were made of thread and cloth as a part of seasonal court events. The head of the Unjo-ryu; the final school to carry on this tradition, is located in Kyoto.Muraoka Toshiichi, the last successor of the Unjo-ryu line, says that

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