At the end of the Sengoku period in Japan, there was a strange man named Ikenobo Nobuyoshi. He loves flowers with all his heart and is a flower monk a[Expand All]
At the end of the Sengoku period in Japan, there was a strange man named Ikenobo Nobuyoshi. He loves flowers with all his heart and is a flower monk at the Rokkaku-do Temple in Kyoto. He is also a well-known master of flower arrangement far and wide. The pine wood he had played with won over Oda Nobunaga, the Lord of Gifu Castle, in one fell favor. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Sen no Rikyu were also charmed by his flower arrangement skills. He was not good at expressing himself and often couldn't remember people's names. He was very close to famous people like Hideyoshi and Rikyu, but had no intention of fawning on the powerful. His only pleasure and pursuit is to create flowers with his skillful hands. As time passed and circumstances changed, Hideyoshi, who had lost his beloved son, Tsurumatsu, became extremely cruel. Not only did he eliminate political dissidents, but he also brutally punished innocent people who secretly complained. Finally, the common people, even his good friend Rikyu, were driven to a dead end. In order to protect them and restore a peaceful world to everyone, Zhuan Hao launched an unprecedented challenge to Hideyoshi, who was above all others. And what he used as a weapon was not the blade but the flower...[Collapse]
