Standing Beauty

Style:  Nageire
Materials: Peony (Sarah Bernhardt), Winter Daphne (branches only)

Peony is used as a metaphor for how elegant women look in different postures.  There is a saying in Japanese, “She stands like a herbaceous peony (Shakuyaku), sits like a tree peony (Botan) and walks like a lily.”  This peony is Shakuyaku.