Ikebana: The Living Flowers of Japan

Karen Azoulay | Maharam | 20th January 2020

Ikebana boasts an ancient lineage but gets scant coverage in English media. This piece, though brief, is thus of interest. Sōfu Teshigahara, a 20th century ikebana master, considered Ikebana as art rather than decoration. He introduced unconventional materials – like scrap metal – blurring the line between ikebana and sculpture. The video referred to in this piece is here (32 min; the second half is the more interesting)