Newsletter spring 2016 - Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America

IKENOBO Ikebana Society of America San Francisco Office
IKENOBO
Nayuko Kuwaba Ikenobo
headquarters special visiting
professor from Kyoto - Spring 2016
ORIGIN OF IKEBANA
Newsletter
Spring 2016
Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America
san francisco headquarters
Murata Grace first to achieve
teaching the Complete Freestyle
Curriculum to her students
Please welcome Nayuko Kuwaba (Birthday: July
4) who arrived in San Francisco, CA in May. She
started her tour of chapters with workshops for the
Anchorage Alaska Chapter.
Nayuko began her study of Ikenobo ikebana after
graduating from Kyoto Saga University of Arts,
Kyoto, Japan in 1986. She has completed the
Special Advanced Course in Rikka, Central
Training Institute, Ikenobo Headquarters, Kyoto,
Japan. She currently lives in the Yamaguchi
prefecture.
Congratulations to Murata Grace for being the first
teacher to have students complete the Freestyle
curriculum in the United States and to her students
for their diligence in studying Ikenobo ikebana.
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IKENOBO Ikebana Society of America San Francisco Office
Bridging Worlds Bridging Hearts: Floral Ceremony Prayer
Ikenobo Ikebana Society of America and Ikenobo
Northern California chapter hosted the floral tribute
for the 5th anniversary for the Great East Japan
Earthquake on Mach 6, 2016 at Peace Plaza, Japan
Town.
For commemorating the 110th anniversary of
Japan Town, “Hashi Art” made with chopsticks
from various restaurants, shops, companies and
schools were exhibited. “The triangle shape made
with chopsticks is symbol of you, me and the
family. We have to get over the difficult together
any time.” The office manager of Ikenobo Ikebana
Society of America, Ms. Kurashige explained.
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Consul General of Japan, Mr. Yamada and The 49th
Sakura Festival Chairman, Mr. Okamoto made
speech and people prayed for the reconstruction of
the disaster-stricken areas as quickly as possible.
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The event had Ikenobo Reishiki-ike ceremony,
Shakuhachi performance by Elliot Kallen, and
Singing of National Anthem and “Hana wa Saku.
About 250 people participated for the Floral
Tribute. We appreciated for your cooperation from
bottom of our hearts.
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IKENOBO Ikebana Society of America
1581 Webster St., Suite 150 San Francisco, CA 94115
415-567-1011
[email protected]
www.ikenoboamerica.com
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Last October about 250 members from The United
tates and Canada participated in the Japan Study
Tour in Kyoto. Seven days of workshops were held
at Ikenobo Headquarters and the Ikenobo college.
The Study Tour began with an opening ceremony
celebrat- ing Headmaster Sen'ei Ikenobo's 70th
anniversary of becoming the Headmaster and
Headmaster Designate Yuki Ikenobo formally
taking the name Senko Ikenobo. The 2015
“Tanabata” Exhibition entitled “The Promise of a
New Life” was held from Nov. 13 – 16 at Kyoto
Takashimaya Department Store as well as Ikenobo
Headquarters exhibition halls and dojo. Hundreds
of Ikenobo arrangements of all styles were
exhibited. The Tour concluded with a banquet at
the Rihga Royal Hotel in Kyoto where members
and Special Visiting Professors enjoyed making
new memories and renewing old ones.
Fall 2015 Japan Study Tour
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45th Generation Headmaster Sen'ei Ikenobo arrangement
at Takashimaya
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Headmaster Sen'ei Ikenobo meets with Illinois Prairie
Ikenobo members
Rokkakudo Temple and Ikenobo Headquarters - our
path way to class
Headmaster Designate Senko Ikenobo arrangement at
Takashimaya
IKENOBO Ikebana Society of America
1581 Webster St., Suite 150 San Francisco, CA 94115
415-567-1011
[email protected]
www.ikenoboamerica.com
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2015 Kyoto Study Tour
Memories from the Illinois Prairie
Ikenobo Chapter
Arrangements for the San Francisco
Ikenobo Office show window
Seven members from Illinois Prairie attended the
Study Tour and experienced a wonderful immersion
in Ikenobo Ikebana. The workshops and exhibitions
were fabulous but meeting with Headmaster Sen'ei
Ikenobo was our most precious moment of the tour.
Some members stayed at Kashinen and passed by
Rokkakudo Temple each day on the way to class.
And who can forget the amazing flower shop.
Left: Freestyle using Oasis.
Right: Shoka
One small section of the Ikenobo flower shop in the basement
of Headquarters
Movie about Ikenobo Senko
A movie is being produced based on the Ikenobo
book “Hana Ikusa”. The story is about the first
generation of Ikenobo Senko in Sengoku period, the
mid 15th to 16th Century. Shooting started in April
of 2016 and the movie will be released in 2017 in
Japan.
Main Casts
Mansai Nomura / Role for Senko Ikenobo
Sarunosuke Ichikawa / Role for Hideyoshi Toyotomi
Kiichi Nakai / Role for Nobunaga Oda
Kuranosuke Sasaki / Role for Toshiie Maeda
Koichi Sato / Role for Rikyu Sen
Katumi Kobayashi / Role for Kichiemon Nakamura
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What’s happening in Japan
Kumamoto Earthquakes
The 72nd Ise -Shrine Flower Prayer
The 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes are a series of
earthquakes, including a magnitude 7.0 mainshock
which struck at 01:25 JST on April 16, 2016 beneath
Kumamoto City of Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu
Region, Japan. We pray and hope the people will get
through this devastation and very difficult time.
The 72nd Ise Shrine Flower Prayer was held in Ise
Shrine in Mie Prefecture. Flowers were offered by Mr.
Nakagawa Gafu, the board director of the general
Foundation Ikenobo Kado-kai Takaoka chapter and
Mr. Sasaki Kenno, the Chief of the Ikenobo Kado-kai
Fukui chapter. This was the first time for the members
of Toyama and Fukui prefecture to perform a flower
prayer service.
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May 14 marks a month since the earthquakes in
Kumamoto. The city has begun working on temporary
housing, and lessons have restarted at schools. Slowly
recovering is beginning in this disaster-hit region.
Flower prayer using red and white peach performed by
Mr. Nakagawa and Mr Sasaki.
Photo: NHK World online
C. Kumamoto Earthquake donations.
Many Ikenobo professors came from Kumamoto.
Thank you for your donation,we send to
Headquarter Kyoto.
Los Angels
$
1,500
San Gabriel Valley
New Jersey
$
$
1,500
700
Vancouver
$
500
Alaska
$
500
Nothern California
$
500
Ohio
$
100
Total
Dedicating the flower at Kaguraden.
$5,300
IKENOBO Ikebana Society of America
1581 Webster St., Suite 150 San Francisco, CA 94115
415-567-1011
[email protected]
www.ikenoboamerica.com