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Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Shoso's Course at RMIT University

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Shoso Shimbo will again teach  "Japanese Aesthetics: From Ikebana to Contemporary Art" at School of Architecture and Design, RM...
Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Ikebana Today 35

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A style of Ikebana (general term), the ikebana in the Muromachi period seems to mean giving new life to the cut flower. In search of t...
Saturday, 2 May 2015

New Article in Living Now Magazine May 2015

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Shoso's new article on Ikebana, 10 Reasons to Love Flowers was published in Living Now magazine. Living Now, Issue 182, pp.10-11. Get...
Friday, 1 May 2015

Ikebana Today 34

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It seems that in the Muromachi period, some argued that, unlike tatehana, ikebana was used to revive or give new life to the flower. Obvi...
Tuesday, 28 April 2015

Ikebana in English: Bibliographical Essay

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Shoso's new article, "Ikebana in English: Bibliographical Essay" is published.  " English language literature on Ike...
Friday, 24 April 2015

New Publication

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My paper, Ikebana to Contemporary Art: Rosalie Gascoigne was republished in this new online journal. 私の論説「いけ花から現代芸術へ」がIAFORの学術誌、日本文化と芸術特...
Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Shoso & His Students at MIFGS 2015

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Enjoy the floral works by Shoso Shimbo and his students at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show 2015 in 2 min. Thank you the...
Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Melbourne Flower Show 2015

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Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show will open on 24 March 2015. Shoso and three of his students, Shoan (Angeline), Risa and Ak...
Monday, 2 March 2015

Ikebana Today 33

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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...
Friday, 27 February 2015

Shoso at Conferences

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a. Shoso has been invited to give a talk about contemporary Ikebana at Kyoto University of Art and Design in April 2015. Japanese prese...
Monday, 16 February 2015

10 Plants to Have for Ikebana Artists

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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...
Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Basic Ikebana Articles

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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...
Sunday, 1 February 2015

Ikebana Today 32

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In the Muromachi period, Ikebana had two contrasting styles, the official tatehana and popular ikebana. I am assuming that there was a cu...
Thursday, 29 January 2015

Driftwoods Composition

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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 ...
Monday, 26 January 2015

Australia Day Flower

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