Autumn Winter Arrangement

The trees change to a beautiful gold and rust color in Autumn and as they fall revel the intricate shapes of the branches they hung on for that year.  This Ohara style flower arrangement is done using dried twigs, nuts and leaves.

Ohara school of Ikebana

Ohara school of Ikebana was started earlier than So-Getsu school.   Unshin Ohara (1861-1916), the founder of the Ohara School of Ikebana, was born in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture. He slowly adapted the western flowers that made its way into the Japanese markets into his arrangements thus inventing Moribana in 1900. Moribana released flower arrangements from [...]