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The Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement Ikebana Alfred Koehn 1934 Houghton Mifflin 226 Illustrations Vintage Hardcover

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The Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement (Ikebana) by Alfred Koehn, "with 226 illustrations." Title page: Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1934. The book carries a Japanese colophon dated December Showa 8 (1933), J. L. Thompson, Kobe, printed by the Japan Chronicle Press; the preface is signed Nara, Japan, 1933. Color frontispiece of a woman with a flower arrangement, line diagrams of branch shapes, and photographic plates of seika and nageire arrangements.

Condition: Good. Green cloth with the black vase-and-branch design; foxing spots on the front and back cloth and a faded spine. There is a water stain on the title page and on the lower part of the colophon page, and the pages are toned. No dust jacket.

This is a used book from a private family collection. Please look at all photos; they show the actual copy.

Ships from Palo Alto, CA by USPS Media Mail; buyer pays calculated postage at checkout. Media Mail is slow (usually 2-8 days). Packed in plastic and bubble wrap inside a box.

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Listed on Oct 8, 2026