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CHAPTER FIVE
THE TWO PRINCIPAL FORMS OR STYLES USED IN FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
IN and Yo are the names of the two styles in one or the other of which every Japanese arrangement must be made.
In is the female style. It has Earth to the right.
Yo is the male and has Earth to the left.
These statements may not seem to agree with the diagrams, but it should be remembered that the Japanese put themselves in the place of the vase, and in this book directions are given from the Japanese standpoint.
Outside of Japan, where many meanings and symbolisms are attached to the sex of the style, it will not matter which arrangement you make, except for consideration of
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