Shoso Shimbo

Thank you for over 50000 page views for our students' blog. http://ikebanaaustralia.blogspot.com.au Somehow the students' blog i...

What is ikebana? Let’s look into the word itself, Ikebana. When did people start using it? They needed to invent the word to describe so...

Thank you for over 600 likes for Ikebana Gallery Facebook Page. Daily meditation using Japanese mahonia from our garden.   https://www.faceb...

What is Ikebana? It may take a while to come up with a good definition. Let’s start by looking at an official definition by Kojien. Ikeb...

Let’s consider the relationship between art and Ikebana. More specifically, did Ikebana really become a form of Western art during th...

This work Frame is part of a larger interactive project, Showcase 2014, designed specifically for the Melbourne International Flower and...

Shoso Shimbo was one of the 20 artists selected for the Scupturescape in the Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2014. http://www.shoso.c...

Now, let’s consider relationship between Ikebana and art. Our focus is Sofu’s statement, “Ikebana is Art”, that brought about the great I...

This time I’d like to talk about Ikebana and Art. One of the driving forces for the Ikebana boom after the war was a slogan by Sofu Teshi...

My client, a designer asked me to make an Ikebana arrangement for her wedding reception. She initially rejected all of my proposed design...

I have presented two hypothesis regarding why the great Ikebana boom ended. First, a training to become good house wives has become le...

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Shoso Shimbo was commissioned to create a Christmas art recycling old Christmas decorations. His work is open to public till 24 December 201...

Why did the Ikebana boom end in 1980s? My first hypothesis was that as more young women gained job opportunities they lost interest ...

I’d like to talk more about the great Ikebana boom during the rapid economic growth period in Japan. To summarise, what I have propose...