Big Ikebana work at Japanese WAGASHI shop, TORAYA, in Ginza
TORAYA is a famous Japanese confection shop that has a long history, opened at 1937 in Kyoto. Ginza shop is a headquarter of all branches now and I feel honored to arrange my Ikebana work here.
Height is about 6.6 feet, so a huge work.
When I thought about February, the beautiful yellow of Golden Bells occurred to my mind. I’d like to express the complimentary color effect, so I painted the old branches with purple.
This is a side view.
I used a lot of orchid ( dancing lily orchid) to emphasize the yellow and purple effect.
I go to the shop every 2 days to check and rearrange my Ikebana. I changes all materials every week, so I make a slightly different arrangement though I use completely same materials.
Golden bells got full bloom in this photo.
I used Japanese orchid this time ( usually used imported orchid). The structure got a little bit difference.
I’d like to introduce some of my Ikebana pieces that I arranged recently.
With Cherry blossom
With Northern Japanese Magnolia (KOBUSHI) KOBUSHI is said to be a first tree to tell the coming spring in Japan.
Field Mustard and Japanese indigenous plant (ZENMAI)
For the valentine day!
If you can see more photos, here is my Ikebana photo album. I uploaded more than 300 works. Please check it up!
