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Season 12 Episode
- Season 2 Kyoto Confections: Experiencing Kyoto Culture Through the Five Senses
- Season 2 A Washi Capital: Paper of Diverse Beauty and Use for City Life
- Season 2 Obanzai: The Frugal Wisdom of Kyoto's Home Cooking
- Season 2 Ikebana: Revealing the Full Potential of Flowers
- Season 2 Calligraphy: Elegance Within a Black-and-white Universe
- Season 2 Kin-butsudan: Faith Shines Brilliant in Craft That Embodies Nirvana
- Season 2 Rimpa: An Artistic Style Transcending Time
- Season 2 Bamboo Culture: New Life in Spring Enriches the Ancient Capital
- Season 2 Kyo-yuzen: Garments of Beauty Radiate Elegance
- Season 2 Kyoto Dolls: Adored by All, Their Grace Brings Peace
- Season 2 Buddhist Architecture: Craftsmanship Unites Places of Worship
- Season 2 Fitting for the Deities: Sacred Ornamentation Purifies and Elevates
- Season 2 Kyoto Vegetables: Nature's Blessings Provide Fine Food for the Ancient Capital
- Season 2 Legends of the Spirit World: The Mysterious Inspires Awe in the Townsfolk
- Season 2 Gozan-no-okuribi: Ceremonial Bonfires Give Ancestors Safe Passage
- Season 2 Fushimi Inari Taisha: A Manifestation of Prayers to the Deities on the Mountain
- Season 2 Noh: A Spiritual Performing Art Bridging Fantasy and Reality
- Season 2 Dynastic Culture: The Graceful Form of the Heian Aristocracy
- Season 2 Kyoto Gardens: Aesthetic Spaces Mirror Nature
- Season 2 Shinise Food Culture: The Taste of Kyoto Links Past and Present
Core Kyoto - Season 2 Episode 4 Ikebana: Revealing the Full Potential of Flowers
5.00 28 minutes Ikebana is the traditional art of flower arranging. Developed in Kyoto it merges Asian naturalism with the floral offerings to Buddhist altars. The Ikenobo headmaster upholds the school's 550-year-old tradition. A potter imagines vases as extensions of the flowers they hold. A practitioner creates progressive arrangements steeped in tradition. Plants are not mere ornaments. Practitioners impose their lives on that of the flowers. Ikebana's quintessence is in the representation of life as beauty.
