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Hardcover. Original cloth. Condición: Very Good +. AUSTRALIAN FLORA Ikebana - 131 p. : col. illus. ; 26 cm. SCARCE (No dustjacket!) Bibliography : p.123. #141024/290326 First Edition Flower arrangement, Japanese Wild flowers -- Australia In 1949 Sparnon began lessons in flower arrangement with Kobayashi of the Eishin school, and then with Hako Terai of the modern SÅgetsu school in Mita, where SÅfÅ« Teshigahara was the iemotoÂ(grand master). He was also taught at the traditional IkenobÅ school, where Tadao Yamamoto wasÂiemoto. In 1950 he first showed his work, at the Hibiya Park pavilion, and he went on to take part in more exhibitions than anyone from a Western country before him had done, including the All-Japan Ikebana Art exhibition and the One-Hundred Man exhibition; he also held a solo exhibition. He reached the most senior rank as a teacher of both SÅgetsu and IkenobÅ. After he retired from SCAP in 1957 he attended classes with Yuchiku Fujiwara at IkenobÅ, and often visited Teshigahara. He published his first book,ÂJapanese Flower Arrangement Classical and Modern,Âin 1960.Between 1958 and 1960 Norman and Mary Sparnon had travelled in Europe and the United States. Arriving in Sydney in 1961, they settled at Darling Point. As the director of the SÅgetsu school, he founded eight groups in Australian cities and four in New Zealand. He also demonstrated and exhibited in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore. President of the IkenobÅ Society in Australia, he was also an honorary advisor to Ikebana International. He revisited Japan several times, and wrote books and articles aimed at inspiring and instructing Australian flower arrangers in using local plants.The first book in Sparnonâs three-volume series,ÂCreative Ideas for Japanese Flower Arrangement,ÂwasÂThe Beauty of Australiaâs WildflowersÂ(1967). With E. G. Waterhouse, he then co-authoredÂThe Magic of CamelliasÂ(1968). The third wasÂThe Poetry of LeavesÂ(1970). He also publishedÂA Guide to Japanese Flower ArrangementÂ(1969),ÂIkebana With RosesÂ(1974), andÂCreative Japanese Flower ArrangementÂ(1982); translated FujiwaraâsÂRikka: The Soul of Japanese Flower ArrangementÂ(1976); and wrote entries about ikebana forÂEncyclopaedia BritannicaÂand the English-language edition ofÂEncyclopedia Japonica. Awarded an OAM in 1979, he was appointed to the fifth class of the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun in 1982 and received the SÅfÅ« Teshigahara memorial award in 1991. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.