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Ohara School of Ikebana
Unshin Ohara founded the Ohara School of Ikebana in the late nineteenth century in the Osaka-Kobe area when Japan opened itself to the world. Influenced by the Western culture, he developed a style of ikebana that was to express the beauty of natural scenery. He searched for ways to arrange the brightly colorful western flowers that were being imported into Japan. The basic philosophy of the Ohara School is to observe nature well and emphasize the seasonal qualities, growth process and the beauty of the natural environments. The design forms of the Ohara School include: Moribana, Hana-isho, Heika, and Hanamai. Moribana is arranged in a flat container (suiban), Hana-isho is a form of ikebana that can harmonize with the contemporary homes of today. Heika is ikebana arranged in a tall vase with a narrow mouth, and Hanamai is ikebana that expresses the three-dimensional, sculptural beauty of plants.
The moribana style, unlike the vertical or standing style of the past, used a flat plate-like container called a suiban and the flowers were piled-up freely in the arrangement. Moribana was the first step and the fore runner in modern ikebana. It was subsequently adopted by most other ikebana schools and has now become the main stream of the entire Ikebana world. The Ohara School is now led by fifth Headmaster Hiroki Ohara and claims more than one million members worldwide.
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Calendar of Events for 2012
Ohara Ikebana Society of San Diego:
25 January: Demonstration at Ikebana International Chapter 119 meeting (10:00 am), Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park
25-26 February: Ohara Ikebana Society Spring Flower Show, Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park
17-18 March 2012: Demonstration and displays at Spring Exhibition, Ikebana International Chapter 11, Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park
17 June 2012: Spring Meeting, Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park
Contact:
Headquarters address:
Ohara Center of Tokyo
7-17, Minami-Aoyama 5-chrome,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8607, Japan
www.ohararyu.or.jp/english
Ohara Ikebana Society of San Diego
President: Akiko Bourland
Tel: (858) 273-5899
Email: wbourland@san.rr.com
Website: www.oharaikebanasociety.org
Sakura Ikebana Group:
Jackie Zhang
Tel:(858) 337-5671
Teaching Schedule
Ohara Ikebana Society of San Diego:
Akiko Bourland, Grand Master Ohara School
Tel: (858) 273-5899
Calendar of Events 2012: 25-26 February: Ohara Ikebana Society Spring Flower Show, Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park
Lessons: Classes (Ikebana (“Japanese Flower Design”) available through San Diego Community College Continuing Education, West City Center
Monday, 9:30am-12:30pm, Standley Park Recreation Center, 3585 Governor Dr. San Diego, CA
Tuesday, 9:30am-12:30pm,
Live Well San Diego Senior Center, 4425 Bannock Ave. San Diego, CA
Tuesday, 6pm-9pm,
Curie Elementary School Cafeteria 4080 Governor Dr. San Diego, CA
Thursday, 9:00am-noon,
San Diego Continuing Education Center, West City Campus, Rm.#124A
2nd Wednesday of each month, 9:30am-12:30pm, Balboa Park, Casa Del Prado, Rm. 101: Advanced Study.
Classes are no-cost with a nominal charge for the flowers.
Advanced Study:
Second Wednesday of each month, 9:30 am-1:30pm, Balboa Park, Casa Del Prado, Room 101
Sakura Ikebana Group:
Jackie Zhang, 2nd Master Degree Ohara School
Tel:(858) 337-5671
Lessons: Saturdays 8:50am – 10:50am, Advanced: 10:50am-12:00 Noon at La Jolla/Riford Library, 7555 Draper Ave. La Jolla, (858)552-1657; Flowers provided. Call Jackie for more information.