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''Saga Goryū'' (嵯峨御流) is a school of ''ikebana'', the Japanese traditional art of flower arrangement. == History == The history of the school goes back to Emperor Saga, who ruled from 809-823 CE during the Heian period. The emperor resided at a villa in Kyoto, and had a large pond with gardens arranged at it. This Ōsawa Pond is around 2.4 hectares large and is supposed to reflect the outlines of Dongting Lake in China, which has a special significance in Chinese culture. The style is known as ''chisen-shuyu'', which is a garden meant to be seen from a boat, similar to the imperial Chinese gardens of the period. The lake was created by damming a stream which came from the Nakoso waterfall. At the north end of the pond are two islands, one large and one small - the small island being known as Chrysanthemum Island. Between the two islands are several small rocky islets, meant to resemble Chinese junks at anchor. On a hillside north of the lake is what appears to be a dry cascade (''karedaki''), a kind of Japanese rock garden or zen garden, where a real waterfall is suggested by a composition of stones. According to tradition the emperor had chrysanthemums blooming on an island of the pond arranged to be presented at court.〔http://www.daikakuji.or.jp/english/ikebana/〕 This is seen as the beginning of the Saga school of flower arrangement. The garden was celebrated in the poetry of the period. A poem by Ki no Tomonori in the anthology ''Kokinshū'', described the ''Kiku-shima'', or island of chrysanthemums, found in the pond. :I had thought that here :only one chrysanthemum can grow. :Who therefore has planted :the other in the depths :of the pond of Ōsawa? Another poem of the Heian period, in the ''Hyakunin isshu,'' described a cascade of rocks, which simulated a waterfall, in the same garden: :The cascade long ago :ceased to roar, :But we continue to hear :The murmur :of its name.〔Nitschke, ''Le Jardin Japonais'', pg. 42. Excerpts translated from French by DR Siefkin.〕 The imperial villa was turned by Princess Masako, the daughter of Emperor Saga, into a Shingon Buddhist monastery named Daikaku-ji. The headquarters of the Saga school has been located there ever since. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saga Goryū」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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