Saga Go-ryū

Saga Go-ryū (嵯峨御流) is a school of ikebana, the Japanese traditional art of flower arrangement.

This Ōsawa Pond is around 2.4 hectares large and is supposed to reflect the outlines of Dongting Lake in China, which has a special significance in Chinese culture.

Another poem of the Heian period, in the Hyakunin isshu, described a cascade of rocks, which simulated a waterfall, in the same garden: The imperial villa was turned by Princess Masako, the daughter of Emperor Saga, into a Shingon Buddhist monastery named Daikaku-ji.

Tsujii Kōshū (辻井弘洲) (born 1872), who was one of Ohara Unshin's disciples from the Ohara-ryū, established his own school in the early part of the Taishō era.

He traveled to the United States as a cultural delegate to the Centennial of the Japan-U.S. diplomatic relations, touring the country for seven months.

He has been involved with the Japan Ikebana Art Association since its inception in 1966 as a councilor and director, and served as vice president in 1994.

Wako Henjyoji remained in Portland at the temple and continued to teach Japanese cultural arts.

Wako Henjyoji continued as the leader of the North America Branch until 2011 when she designated David Shunko Komeiji as the next leader of Saga Goryu North America Branch, as recorded by Kyu Saga Gosho Daikakuji Monzeki Kado Shoshisho Daisosho Shimoizumi Kesho on January 1, 2011.

They are based on the natural beauty of the temple, and are used either as chabana flower decoration for tea ceremonies, or bunjinbana, the poetic expression of one's emotion.

The school does not use the spiked kenzan flower holders, since it would be considered a form of unnecessary destruction to the plants, but shippo (七宝留めと), which are circular metal devices that fit into the vase or bowl and fix the stems by a number of holes that stems could be fit through for arranging.