The Sōgetsu school was founded by Techigahara
Sofu in 1926. Sōgetsu arrangements range enormously in scale and
can fill entire buildings. Today Teshigahara’s granddaughter leads
the school and is keen to encourage children to engage with
ikebana.
This arrangement includes Taiwanese cedar,
anthurium and green leaves.
The demonstrator was Ruth Sulke: "I began
studying ikebana in 1960 in Hong Kong where I had been living since
1949 and where I still live half of the year. Besides teaching
ikebana, I have participated in exhibitions all over the world and
have demonstrated in Hong Kong, England and America."