Sogetsu Magazine 2025 Autumn is on Sale!

• Price：1,980 Yen
• Softcover：88 pages
• Language：Japanese and English
• Dimensions：(W/H)210㎜/297㎜
• Date of Issue：Sep/1/2025
• Item No.：A5161

In 2025, we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in the Pacific. While numerous media outlets share reflections on the war, we will turn our attention to the memories shown in ikebana. This special feature looks at the legacy of Sogetsu during and after the war, highlighting the recollections of Teshigahara Hiroshi and other Sogetsu ikebanists. It aims to explore the international appreciation of flowers and the profound connection that exists between ikebana and the pursuit of peace.In August, Iemoto Akane and the volunteers of Nagasaki branch performed ‘Kenka’, offering flowers for war victims, at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.

From June 11 to 26, 2025, the Sogetsu Kaikan hosted a captivating ikebana exhibition titled “Flower Minuet.” This event showcased a rich variety of works, highlighting the distinctive creativity that defines Sogetsu Ikebana. It featured free-style arrangements meticulously crafted from liberated ideas nurtured through daily practice and expert guidance, alongside breathtaking pieces that celebrate the exquisite beauty of water. This time wonderful photos of the bamboo installation by Akane Iemoto displayed at the entrance of The Sogetsu Kaikan, and another selected 28 works related to ‘water’ appear in this article.

• Iemoto’s seasonal message ‘Ikebana and Peace’

• feature ［In the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War Ⅱ Ikebana and Peace］

・‘Kenka,’ offering flowers for war victims at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Teshigahara Akane
・‘Kenka’ at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, as the commemoration from Sogetsu since 1996
・Sogetsu during and after World War Ⅱ
・Teshigahara Hiroshi’s recollections of the War
・Mugonka, Meaning silent flowers, silent but telling without words Katayama Ken
・Individual memories in 1945 of the award winners of the Sogetsu Sunlight Award
・Offering flowers of hope for Ukraine Mishel Newall
・Ogasawara Islands- shedding a light on the memory of the declining place
・A tripartite talk by Nagasawa Shin’ichirou, Motoe Katei, Nakada Kazuko

• Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition “Flower Minuet”
• Flowers in profusion ［Autumn］
  Eguchi Tamae, Fukushima Koka, Takenaka Reiko, Mori Sairin, Isono Gaho, Tabuchi Shoryu, Kikuta Teika

• Hiroshi Teshigahara： Visionary Worlds
• Ikka-Sanbo(One kind of material in three distinctive variations) 24： Calla : Kuboshima Iccho
• To the Cities of the World 44　Pittsburgh Study Group Otsuki Sojo
• A complete explanation of ‘Kadensho’, which is the quintessence of Sogetsu, Part 5
• SOGETSU Workshop②　Theme：With Flowers Only