kenzan
{{Short description|Device for holding flowers in an ikebana arrangement}}
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{{for|the video game|Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!}}
A kenzan (剣山), also called spiky frog, is a specific device used in the Japanese art of flower arrangement ikebana for fixing the flowers in the container. It consists of a heavy lead plate with erected brass needles where the stipes are fixed.{{cite patent | country = US | number = 1431679 | inventor = YUKICHI NODA | invent1 = YUKICHI NODA
| status = patent | title = Flower Stand | gdate = 1922-10-22 | fdate = 1921-04-20}}
The name kenzan (剣山) literally means sword mountain. It was introduced by the Moribana style of ikebana.{{cite book|title=Keiko's Ikebana: A Contemporary Approach to the Traditional Japanese Art of Flower Arranging, p. 45}}
Another flower holder without spikes but only holes is called shippo dome (七宝留め) and is used by the Saga Go-ryū school and sometimes other schools.
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