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  1. The Japanese art of flower arrangement. It
  2. dates from the 6th-7th century when
  3. arrangements of flowers were placed as
  4. offerings in Buddhist temples, a practice
  5. learned from China. In the 15th century,
  6. ikebana became a favourite pastime of the
  7. nobility. Oldest of the Japanese ikebana
  8. schools is Ikenobo at Kyoto (7th century).
  9.