Mishoryu - Mishoryu

A school of ikebana. It was founded in the early 19th century by Misousai Ippo. Ippo's family name was Yamamura and Sanseki. He was born in the Kanto region and traveled around the country before settling in Osaka, where he popularized the Misousai style. He later became blind and became known as a blind ikebana artist, writing books on ikebana theory such as "Honcho Ibana Hyakuren." The second generation Koho served at the Saga Imperial Palace, attained the rank of Hogen, and opened the Misousai style. The current head of the school is the 10th generation, Hihara Keiho.

The Misho-ryu school, which reached its peak during the Bunka and Bunsei eras (1804-1830), is characterized by its theory of "equal division of reality and fiction," and respects the birth of plants and trees, but instead of viewing nature as it is, it focuses on extracting the essence of nature that lies deep within, and it used the "theory of squares and circles" to theorize ikebana based on the three elements of heaven, earth, and man. Later, in the Taisho era, apart from the traditional kakuka style, modern styles of ikebana were adopted, but Nakayama Bunpo, the younger brother of the 8th headmaster Koho, was not satisfied with the old style of the Misho-ryu school, and left it to found the "Mishoryu Nakayama Bunpo Association" in 1954 (Showa 29). This internal conflict caused considerable unrest for the Misho-ryu school, but the traditional Misho-ryu school has maintained its foothold, and today it still plays an important role in the world of flower arrangement as a school with a national organization centered in the Kansai region.

[Hojo Akinao]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

いけ花流派。創流は19世紀初頭で、未生斎一甫(いっぽ)による。一甫は氏を山村、山碩(さんせき)と号し、関東に生まれ、諸国遍歴ののち大坂に住み、未生流を広めた。のち盲目となり、盲目の華道家として知られ、『本朝挿花百練』などのいけ花理論書を著した。2代目広甫(こうほ)は嵯峨(さが)御所に仕官し、法眼(ほうげん)の位を得、未生御流(おんりゅう)を開いている。現在は10代目で、家元は肥原慶甫(ひはらけいほ)。

　文化・文政(ぶんかぶんせい)期（1804～1830）に大成した未生流は、その特徴として「虚実等分(きょじつとうぶん)」の説をあげ、草木の出生を尊重するが、あるがままの自然の姿ではなく、その奥にある自然の本体を抽出することを眼目とし、「方円の説」を用い、天地人三才格の生花(せいか)の理論づけを行った。その後、伝統ある格花(かくか)とは別に、大正時代には現代様式のいけ花を取り入れたが、8代目康甫の弟中山文甫(ぶんぽ)は、未生流の旧態に飽き足らず、未生流を離脱して、別に「未生流中山文甫会」を1954年（昭和29）創立した。この内紛は未生流にとって少なからぬ動揺をきたしたが、伝統ある未生流の地歩は崩れず、今日なお関西を中心に全国的な組織をもつ流派として、いけ花界に重きをなしている。分流派も多く、100をもって数えるほどである。

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