Old school - Koryu

A school of ikebana. One of the schools of ikebana that emerged in Edo around the Meiwa era (1764-1772) in the mid-Edo period with a style of flower arrangement. It is generally believed that Imai Isshiken Sofu was the founder of the school, but its lineage is unclear. Its students included Shoosai Ando Ryou (1735-1807), who was then succeeded by Shoseisai Sekimoto Riyu (1772-1849), who spread the name of the Koryu. Riyu published many works, including "Koryu Ikebana Hyakuhei no Zu" (1803), and worked to popularize the school, with his students spread throughout Edo, Hokuriku, and the rest of the country. Riyu was succeeded by Rion (1806-1878), who is considered the actual founder of today's Koryu. He determined the angle of inclination of the water's edge, a characteristic of the Koryu flower styles, and organized and defined the theory of Riyu, who established the Shin, Gyo, and Kusa flower styles, giving meaning to it and giving himself the title of "Koryu Ikebana Head Master." When Ikebana was in decline after the Meiji Restoration, Rien entrusted the future to the then Kanazawa head Matsumusai Kondo Risei and others, and the center of Koryu was divided into Kanto and Hokuriku, which led to a movement to separate schools and many branches were born. In the mid-Meiji period, the momentum for the revival of Ikebana led to the return to Tokyo, and in 1898 (Meiji 31), the general organization "Hanatomokai" was formed, and in the Showa period, the "National Ikebana Koryu Association" was launched, and in 1966 (Showa 41), one of these, the Koryu Shotokai, was formed as an incorporated association, and in 1971, the "Koryu Academy" was completed in Koishikawa, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. Currently, there are 15 schools affiliated with the Koryu Association. These are the Koryu Shofuji-kai, Koryu Kayo-kai, Koryu Shou-kai, Koryu Shokei-kai, Koryu Shorei-kai, Koryu Jusho-kai, Koryu Rion-kai, Koryu Katabami-kai, Koryu Shosen-kai, Koryu Hanamori-kai, Koryu Akebono-kai, Koryu Shoto-kai, Koryu Shoho-kai, Koryu Matsumori-kai and Koryu Shoo-kai.

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いけ花流派。江戸中期、明和(めいわ)年間（1764～72）ごろに生花様式をもって江戸に発生したいけ花流派の一つ。一般には今井一志軒宗普(そうふ)を創流者としているが、その系譜は明らかではない。門下に松応斎安藤凉宇(りょうう)（1735―1807）があり、さらに松盛斎関本理遊（1772―1849）に引き継がれ古流の名が広まった。理遊は『古流生花百瓶(ひゃくへい)之図』（1803刊）をはじめ多くの出版物を上梓(じょうし)しその普及に努め、門人は江戸、北陸をはじめ全国に及んだ。理遊の跡を理恩（1806―78）が継ぎ、今日の古流の実際上の祖とみなされる。彼は、古流の花型の特徴である水際の立ち上がりの傾斜角度を決定づけ、真、行、草の花型を確立した理遊の理論を整理し、その意味づけを施し、自らの肩書を「古流家元生花宗師」とした。理恩は明治維新後のいけ花の衰退期に際し、当時の金沢の会頭松務斎近藤理清らに後事を託し、ここに古流の中心が関東と北陸に分かれ、これを契機に流派分立の気運がおこり多くの分派を生じた。明治中期いけ花復興の気運により東京復帰が行われ、1898年（明治31）総合団体「花友会」の結成をみ、昭和になって「全国華道古流協会」の発足となり、1966年（昭和41）そのうちの一つ古流松藤(しょうとう)会が社団法人を結成、71年東京・文京区小石川に「古流アカデミー」を完成させた。現在、古流協会所属の会派は15。古流松藤会、古流華耀(かよう)会、古流松禹(しょうう)会、古流松慶会、古流松麗会、古流寿松会、古流理恩会、古流かたばみ会、古流松線会、古流花盛会、古流曙(あけぼの)会、古流松濤(しょうとう)会、古流松鳳(しょうほう)会、古流松盛会、古流松応会である。

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