Shizen No Kakera

[Machine Translation] All you need is a cell phone camera and a pair of flower scissors. The head of the Misasagi School of flower arrangement, which has been practiced in Sakai City for 70 years, improvised and captured on camera works using flowers and fruits she encountered on her travels around Osaka. Even flowers on the street and sometimes artificial flowers have a story to tell us. This collection of photo essays is a gem of a book that finds beauty in the most ordinary of things.

持ち物はケータイカメラと花ばさみだけ。堺市で70年続く花道みささぎ流家元が大阪のあちこちを歩いて出逢った草花や果物を使い、即興で作品を制作、カメラに収めた。高価な花材でなくとも、路傍の草花やときには造花でさえその言葉に耳を澄ませば、みな等しく語るべきストーリーを持っていた。なんでもない日常の中にも美しさを見いだす珠玉のフォトエッセイ集。