Sogetsu Magazine 2025 Summer

• Price：1,980 Yen
• Softcover：88 pages
• Language：Japanese and English
• Dimensions：(W/H)210㎜/297㎜
• Date of Issue：Jun/1/2025
• Item No.：A5160

In July 2024, Iemoto Akane’s painting was acquired by the French Embassy in Tokyo’s Minami-Azabu district, where a presentation ceremony was held. The embassy is located on the site of the former Edo residence of the Owari Tokugawa family, covering an expansive area of approximately 24,000 square meters. The Iemoto visited the ambassador’s residence again, situated at the far north end of the grounds, and while there, she created summer ikebana arrangements in the lush garden and welcoming space for guests.

There are many different ways to travel.Traveling specifically to arrange flowers is one such way.Beyond the journey of ikebana lies the potential for unexpected encounters and new realizations.What journeys have Sogetsu ikebanists undertaken while visiting various countries and connecting with flower lovers from around the world?

The “AT Award” was established in 2002 to commemorate Akane Teshigahara as she assumed the Iemoto position and aptly named after her initials. The winners of this award are chosen by Iemoto Akane from the finalists practicing Sogetsu Ikebana at the Teachers’ Workshops in Tokyo or Sogetsu WEST. You can enjoy all the works of the 12th AT Award Exhibition held at the Sogetsu Plaza in March of this year 2025.

• Iemoto’s seasonal message
• Teshigahara Akane　Arranging f lowers at the French Ambassador’s residence

• feature ［Traveling ikebana, ‘What journeys have Sogetsu ikebanists undertaken?’ ］

Bahrain / Fukushima Koka
Hong Kong / Nishiyama Kosa
Republic of Malta / Maeda Sanae
Netherlands / Oizumi Reito
Türkiye/ Sumura Yuka
Cape Town / Maeda Sanae
Visiting Sogetsu Kaikan, looking for memories of grandmother’s days
A series of my ikebana works arranged forguest rooms at ‘Japanese business hotels’　/ Okazaki Shinobu
Life is still only halfway / Takenaka Reiko
Traveling X, ‘Creativity’/ Kawana Tetsunori

• The 12th AT Award Exhibition
• Flowers in profusion ［Summer］
  Ishikawa Misei, Katayama Ken, Sakaguchi Suikei, Ishikura Shosei, Sugioka Hiromi, Ozawa Seiko

• Artist Interview with Teshigahara Kiri : Fujiwara Hiroshi
• Ikka-Sanbo(One kind of material in three distinctive variations) 23： China root : Shinozaki Junga
• To the Cities of the World 43　Calgary Study Group Otsuki Sojo
• A complete explanation of ‘Kadensho’, which is the quintessence of Sogetsu, Part 4
• Life with Flowers (Artist Profile)：Akamine Yosen