{"product_id":"hand-tinted-albumen-of-ikebana-flower-arranging-antique-japanese-photograph","title":"Hand Tinted Albumen of Ikebana  Flower Arranging | Antique Japanese Photograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntique hand-tinted albumen photo of two women practicing \u003cem\u003eIkebana\u003c\/em\u003e, the Japanese art of flower arranging. Included is a caption sheet with a brief explanation about flower arrangement written by the Japanese. Albumen prints like this one were taken in black and white, with color added later by hand dyeing specific photo sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis image is taken from a \"Brinkley Book\" with a caption written by \"Japanese Scholars\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e[The arrangement of flowers is both an art and science in Japan. The guiding principle is not contrast of color but linear effect, and a certain symmetry without regularity. Traditional rules established by the various \"flower schools\" have prevailed since the 16th century. The subject, which is intricate and difficult, cannot be fully appreciated by a foreigner, but those who have studied it carefully assert that it is \"immeasurably superior to the barbaric massing of colors that constitutes the whole of the corresponding art of the West.\"]\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-tinted albumen print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMeiji Period (1868-1912)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImage dimensions: 10.5\" x 13\" (length, width)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSKU: P-Ikebana2\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Shibui Japanese Antiques \u0026 Furniture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50723879714978,"sku":"qao1793006483858","price":195.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2979\/4978\/files\/hand-tinted-albumen-of-ikebana-flower-arranging-antique-japanese-photograph_1.jpg?v=1793006491","url":"https:\/\/mapleora.shop\/products\/hand-tinted-albumen-of-ikebana-flower-arranging-antique-japanese-photograph","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}