Lord Kobori Enshu
Lord of Kobori Enshu,
founder of the KadouEnshiu school of flower arrangement, first became
a master of the tea cult as a disciple of "Furuta - Oribe -
Masashige".
He was assigned to the
Edo Castle to serve as tutor to"Iemitsu" the third in the
line of Tokugawa Shoguns.
ln addition to the tea cult, the Lord of Enshu was well-versed in
the arts of
composing "Waka" poetry and of calligraphy. He gained further
fame for his achievements as chief administrator of construction of
the Shogunate's goverment.The artistic concepts of the Lord of Ensiu
were also expressed in the art of flower arrangement resulting in
the establishment of the Kado-Enshu.
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The Enshu's style of flower
arranging became extremely popular not only among the nobles and members
of the Samurai class but also among the masses.
This situation was well depicted in Ukiyoe color prints, an art which
was at its height at about the same period describing the beautiful
lines and elegance of this style of flower arranging, during the "Bunka
- Bunsei -Period"of EdoPeriod,(1804-1829) the Enshu style of flower
arranging spread widely throughout the country.
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 ukiyoe
People crazy about The enshu ikebana in the
Edo period. In ukiyoe, you can see that fenomina
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"Ichiju-Ashida"
, the nowaday's head master, preached that "it is most important
to fix the style and then arrange the flowers " He meant that
arrangements which did not have a natural look could be made into
a good arrangement by proper resourcefulness.
There are many ways of training of bending branches intheKadouEnshu,
cuts are made along the branch, into which wedges are inserted to
form the desired shape. This is one of the chief characteristics of
the Enshu Shoka.
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