"Not only beautiful flowers but also buds and withered flowers have life, and each has its own beauty. By arranging flowers with reverence, one refines oneself" - Ikenobo Senno, 1542
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Hatsuike 2024: Tatehana & Freestyle

Tatehana: Instructor Deb Young

Tatehana derives from earlier forms of Ikenobo preceding Rikka. It has recently become more studied and popular, though it is still not in the official Ikenobo curriculum

Abstract Freestyle -
Taught by Diane Suda, assisted by Masumi Ichikawa Naylor & Martha Volpe

In the afternoon we were ably instructed in some of the creative principles of Ikenobo abstract freestyle

Mimi Santini-Ritt