Arranging flowers is an act of turning our awareness inward.
What do we add, and what do we leave behind?
Through each choice we make, the arrangement gradually becomes a quiet reflection of who we are in the present moment.
To arrange flowers is an act of turning one's awareness inward.
What to add, and what to leave. The layering of these choices quietly reflects the way we are, now.
Ikka
The Scenery of Twelve Months
January — The Scenery of a New Year
New Year flowers, young pine, narcissus. Touching the shitsurae of the New Year, and the sense of “welcoming” that has long been cherished in Japan
February — Waiting for Spring
Plum blossom, and the grasses and trees of early spring. Arranging the small spring found within the cold that still remains
March — Spring Goes Out to the Fields
Peach blossom, wild grasses, new shoots. Observing the nature close at hand, and considering the scenery of flowers from their forms in the fields
April — A Landscape with Flowers: Cherry Blossom and the Trees of Spring
Not only blossom in full bloom — arranging spring together with the falling petals and the spaces between
May — The Season of Green Leaves
Wisteria, iris, young leaves, and more. Arranging the life force of plants as they grow outward, and the scenery of fresh green
June — Rain and Water
Hydrangea, and the grasses and trees of the waterside. Arranging while feeling the rain, the moisture, the presence of water
July — The Cool of Summer
Summer grasses, leaves, branches. Finding coolness within the heat, and making a scenery in which light and wind can be felt
August — No Gathering
September — The Autumn Fields
Autumn grasses, susuki, berries and fruit. Reflecting the signs of autumn — the moon, the voices of insects — into flowers
October — The Mountains Dressed in Colour
Autumn colour, berries, branches of trees. Observing the shifting colours of the mountains and forests, and arranging the scenery of autumn
November — Autumn Deepens
Trees, withered things, camellia, and more. Turning the eyes to the beauty of plants as they lose their colour, and to stillness
December — Welcoming Winter
Withered branches, winter flowers, shitsurae turning toward the New Year. Looking back over the year, and arranging flowers to welcome the scenery of winter and the new year
“Arranging flowers, so that a landscape can be seen.”
It is this that we hold dear, here.
Touching the beautiful, natural figures of each season's grasses, flowers, and branches, and layering moment upon moment — to find, beyond the flowers, the landscape that opens there, one's own.
So that you may feel the changing of the seasons throughout the year, you are welcome not only every month, but every other month — please come at your own pace.
Looking forward to each season as it comes, please feel free to join us.