The Ichiyō school of ikebana was
founded in 1937. It was the first school to simplify the rules of
arranging for foreigners, with an English text book. The school is
a modern one, which does not adhere to the usual form of an
asymmetrical triangle. The motto of the school is ‘love of flowers
and people’.
This arrangement contains bamboo, anthurium,
fatsia leave, Oriental bittersweet and New Zealand flax.
The demonstrator was Tineke Robertson: "In
1991 I was made master in both the Ichiyō and Enshū schools and I
am now President of Ikebana International London. Last year I was
asked to give a demonstration in Tokyo. My favourite summer flowers
are Japanese irises and calla lilies, as well as beautiful tropical
blooms."