Excerpt from Japanese Collections: Frank W. Gunsaulus Hall<br><br>After centuries of internal strife, the mode of living changed very considerably in the peaceful Tokugawa period, and all life took on a richer and more leisurely aspect. The arts and especially the crafts were devel oped to a marked degree. Such pastimes as poetry writing, the tea ceremony, and flower arrangement, filled many of the hours of the leisure classes.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.