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CHAPTER SIX
TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT OF
FIVE FLOWERS
ARRANGEMENTS of five flowers or branches are called Gogyo. They should be arranged like the cut.
- No. 1 represents Heaven.
- No. 2 represents Man.
- No. 5 represents Earth.
But they are placed in the arrangement as they are numbered; No. 3 and No. 4 being attributes to Heaven and Man.
Forming "Steps" or "Dan"
In some arrangements you can make the flowers form "dan" or "steps," like this: If the branches have many flowers or leaves, or if you are arranging numbers of branches together, then put the greater part of the
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