Ikebana Melbourne

Friday, 21 October 2022

OCTOBER MEETING 2022

Saturday 15th an afternoon workshop was led by Naomi Nakajima the Head of the Ichiyo school in Victoria. Born in Tokyo, Japan. Naomi first studied Floristry in Tokyo, England and Australia. She met Masumi Jackson at an ikebana exhibition in Daimaru Melbourne with whom she then studied Ichiyo School Ikebana for 18 years until Masumi passed away in 2015. Naomi has been the head of Ichiyo School of Ikebana Melbourne Branch since 2013.

The Ichiyo School of Ikebana was founded in 1937 by Meikof and Ichiyo Kasuya. They sought to create an original style of ikebana that was suitable for the modern lifestyle.

The theme of Naomi's workshop was to make ikebana using vegetables. Flowers and branch materials could also be included.

Because she was using vegetables, Naomi conceptualised the three ikebana arrangements she created as courses in a meal. The first ikebana, above, is the entree.

The second ikebana is the palate cleanser.

The largest ikebana, the third, is the main dish,

Below is the ikebana made by the members who attended the meeting.

Sunday, 4 September 2022

Japanese Day 12 April 2022

The Melbourne Chapter celebrated "Japanese Day" with five Japanese members of the Melbourne Chapter giving a presentation of their ikebana. Each presenter made an ikebana incorporating an object from Japan of special significance to them. The schools represented are the Wafu School, Shogetsudo koryu, Ichiyo School and Sogetsu School.

The presenters all created their work at the same time. From the left: Yuko Asano, (Wafu School) Chiemi Daly, (Shogetsudo koryu), Rie Sasaki, (Ichiyo School), Reiko Ito, (Sogetsu School) & Chieko Yazaki, (Shogetsudo koryu).

Below are photos of the individual ikebana by the demonstrators.