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Ko-ryū is a Japanese term for any kind of Japanese school of traditional arts. The term literally translates as "old school" (''ko''—old, '' ryū''—school) or "traditional school". It is sometimes also translated as "old style". Martial Arts It ...

'' (都古流) is a Japanese school of '' ikebana'' that dates back to 1902 when it was formulated by Hajime Isogai. The name of the school was derived from a poem within the Kokin Wakashū.http://miyakokoryu.jp/about%e2%82%8bus/ The name means "old style of the capital", ''miyako'' being an old term for

Kyoto Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...

, the previous capital city of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

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