Philadelphia Flower Show - Ikebana

  Ikebana is a Japanese style of flower arrangement with several schools. It is never judged, but is created for pure enjoyment.

Every time I think I understand something about one of the "schools," I find an arrangement that doesn't seem to fit the rules, despite its label.

Well, I THINK the Ohara school is supposed to have a shallow container and otherwise natural components. Here are three examples. I like the first one best.

And a more stylized one:

This one is labeled Ohara, but it does not have a low container, so as always in this art form, I'm confused.

I think my favorite school- of the ones I know anything at all about- is Sogetsu, which is kind of "anything goes." This is a large example.

I would have thought this was more Ohara, but I like it.

This was my favorite Sogetsu.

Just one more, from the Ichiyo school, because I like it too.

I got myself in gear and did quite a few things today that I am supposed to be doing, including a load of laundry dried outside in the sun. And I got the fencing around the rock garden. No walk of any length though. Cathy and I are going for a hike tomorrow.

See Ikebana 2023