Shoso Shimbo

In the Muromachi period it seems that a new style of Ikebana, known as ikebana, claimed that it gave new life to flowers, unlike tatehan...

a. Shoso has been invited to give a talk about contemporary Ikebana at Kyoto University of Art and Design in April 2015. Japanese prese...

One of our new Ikebana students asked me what kind of plants to grow in her garden. She is very lucky to have some space to grow special pla...

I decided to republish the following two of my short articles on Ikebana for two reasons.  First, I am going to rewrite and extend the fi...

In the Muromachi period, Ikebana had two contrasting styles, the official tatehana and popular ikebana. I am assuming that there was a cu...

I was asked to create a small sculpture using driftwoods. I tried to show what the natural materials can be rather than what I can do to ...

A table arrangement for an Australia Day home party. http://www.shoso.com.au https://www.facebook.com/ikebanaaustralia

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New Year's displays for Koko Japanese restaurant, Crown Hotel, Melbourne. http://www.shoso.com.au https://www.facebook.com/ikeb...

In the previous issue, I mentioned that Professor Yamane pointed out 3 factors that contributed to the birth of Ikebana in the Muromachi...

This is a large wreath (about 70 cm diameter) using fresh flowers. To emphasise contrast in forms the number of colours were limited. ...

Hand-tied Bouquets for Bride maid and Bride. We were asked to combine complementary colours in a bouquet. It is a challenging request,...

We have been thinking what ikebana (a style of Ikebana in the Muromachi period) is. It seems to mean making flower alive. Does it mean wh...

These are another example of our Home Party Package A, 1 medium + 1 small arrangements. http://www.shoso.com.au/p/display.html htt...

Shoso's Japanese aesthetics course has started at RMIT university. Our project this week was wire sculpture. Very cre...