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New Year flower arrangement event

KYOTO, Japan, Jan. 5 Kyodo - Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, demonstrates the art during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2026. (Kyodo)

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, demonstrates the art during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2026.

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, holds a class for her pupils from across Japan during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, arranges flowers during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2025.

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New Year flower arrangement event

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, arranges flowers during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2025.

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Japanese education minister in Ukraine

Japanese Education Minister Masahito Moriyama (far R) watches an exhibition of "ikebana," a form of Japanese flower arranging, at the Ukraine-Japan Center at the National Technical University of Ukraine in Kyiv on July 29, 2024.

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Crown Princess Kiko at "ikebana" exhibition

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (L) visits an "ikebana" flower art exhibition at a department store in Tokyo on April 10, 2024.

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Crown Princess Kiko at "ikebana" exhibition

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (R) visits an "ikebana" flower art exhibition at a department store in Tokyo on April 10, 2024.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan Kyodo - Ichikoto, a maiko traditional Japanese female entertainer, arranges flowers at a New Year's ceremony of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana floral art in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2024. (Kyodo)

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Ichikoto, a maiko traditional Japanese female entertainer, arranges flowers at a New Year's ceremony of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana floral art in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2024.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Adherents of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement participate in a ceremony to create their first floral art of the year in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2023.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Ikenobo Senko, headmaster-designate of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement, arranges flowers during a New Year ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2023.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Adherents of the Ikenobo school of Japanese ikebana flower arrangement participate in a ceremony to create their first floral art of the year in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2023.

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Flower arrangement exhibition held in New Delhi

NEW DELHI, India - Two Indian women examine flower arrangements during an "ikebana" exhibition at a hotel in New Delhi on Nov. 12, 2014, hosted by a group of ikebana artists from Toyama Prefecture, central Japan.

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150th anniversary of Japan-Switzerland ties

GENEVA, Switzerland - Ryuho Sasaoka (far R) gives demonstrations of ikebana flower arrangement in Neuchatel, Switzerland, during a ceremony to commemorate the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland.

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New Year's ikebana flower arrangement

KYOTO, Japan - Ikenobo Yuki (standing), the master-in-waiting of the Ikenobo family of the ikebana flower arrangement art, inspects work by apprentices during a New Year's ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2011.

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New Year's ikebana flower arrangement

KYOTO, Japan - Apprentices of the Ikenobo-style ikebana flower arrangement art take part in a New Year's ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2011.

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Ikenobo school holds year's 1st flower arrangement practice

KYOTO, Japan - Women wearing kimono take part in the year's first practice of arranging flowers under the Ikenobo school at the school's practice site in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2010. About 1,300 pupils from across the country, aged between 10 and 93, joined the traditional ceremony of ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging.

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Ikenobo school holds year's 1st flower arrangement practice

KYOTO, Japan - Women wearing kimono take part in the year's first practice of arranging flowers under the Ikenobo school, as the headmaster Senei Ikenobo (2nd from R in back) and his daughter and headmaster-designate Yuki look on at the school's practice site in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2010. About 1,300 pupils from across the country, aged between 10 and 93, joined the traditional ceremony of ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging.

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(1)Princess Takamatsu in 1991

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito's aunt Princess Takamatsu, who died Dec. 18 at age 92, attended an ikebana exhibition at a department store in Nagano in April 1991.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

A woman demonstrates Ikebana Japanese flower arrangement on Sept. 24, 2022, at an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Event marking Japan-China 50th diplomatic anniv.

A woman demonstrates Ikebana Japanese flower arrangement on Sept. 24, 2022, at an event marking the 50th anniversary on Sept. 29 of the normalization of Japan-China diplomatic relations in Beijing.

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Queen Elizabeth in Japan in 1975+

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 9 Kyodo - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II observes ikebana arranged flowers at the Akasaka Palace state guesthouse in Tokyo on May 8, 1975.

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Ikebana contest at Dutch horticulture show

Japanese (L) and Dutch flower artists compete in an ikebana contest on Japan National Day at Floriade Expo 2022, a world horticulture exhibition, in Almere, the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, on Sept. 7, 2022.

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Ikebana performance at Dutch horticulture show

A Japanese flower artist demonstrates ikebana on Japan National Day at Floriade Expo 2022, a world horticulture exhibition held in Almere, the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, on Sept. 7, 2022.

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Ikebana performance at Dutch horticulture show

A Japanese flower artist demonstrates ikebana on Japan National Day at Floriade Expo 2022, a world horticulture exhibition held in Almere, the Netherlands, near Amsterdam, on Sept. 7, 2022.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Adherents of the Ikenobo school of Japanese "ikebana" flower arrangement participate in a ceremony to create the first floral art of the year in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2022.

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New Year flower arranging ceremony

Adherents of the Ikenobo school of Japanese "ikebana" flower arrangement participate in a ceremony to create the first floral art of the year in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2022.

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(1)Princess Takamatsu in 1991

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito's aunt Princess Takamatsu, who died Dec. 18 at age 92, attended an ikebana exhibition at a department store in Nagano in April 1991. (Kyodo)

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IKEBANA FESTIVAL

IKEBANA FESTIVAL==Date:Oct, 1970, Place:JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE

IKEBANA INTERNATIONAL FIRST WORLD CONFERENCE==Date:May, 1965, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Ikebana-School

Ikebana -- Ikebana Scool "Studio Leaf" which targets young people. (June 3, 1999 Tokyo, Japan)

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Tottori Pref.'s cultural exchange event held in Vladivostok

Kuniko Irie (L), an "ikebana" flower arrangement instructor from Tottori City, Japan, demonstrates "ikebana" during Tottori Prefecture's cultural exchange event held in Vladivostok, Russia, on March 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New Year's ikebana flower arrangement

KYOTO, Japan - Ikenobo Yuki (standing), the master-in-waiting of the Ikenobo family of the ikebana flower arrangement art, inspects work by apprentices during a New Year's ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan opens fine arts show in N.Y. to give thanks for quake aid

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroki Ohara, fifth headmaster of the Ohara School of Ikebana based in Tokyo, gives a demonstration of flower arrangement at the ''Japan Next Exhibition of Fine Arts'' on its opening day, March 23, 2012, at the Museum of Arts and Design in Manhattan. (Kyodo)

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Flower arrangement exhibition held in New Delhi

NEW DELHI, India - Two Indian women examine flower arrangements during an "ikebana" exhibition at a hotel in New Delhi on Nov. 12, 2014, hosted by a group of ikebana artists from Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Ikenobo school holds year's 1st flower arrangement practice

KYOTO, Japan - Women wearing kimono take part in the year's first practice of arranging flowers under the Ikenobo school at the school's practice site in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2010. About 1,300 pupils from across the country, aged between 10 and 93, joined the traditional ceremony of ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging. (Kyodo)

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Ikenobo school holds year's 1st flower arrangement practice

KYOTO, Japan - Women wearing kimono take part in the year's first practice of arranging flowers under the Ikenobo school, as the headmaster Senei Ikenobo (2nd from R in back) and his daughter and headmaster-designate Yuki look on at the school's practice site in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2010. About 1,300 pupils from across the country, aged between 10 and 93, joined the traditional ceremony of ikebana, or the Japanese art of flower arranging. (Kyodo)

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New Year's ikebana flower arrangement

KYOTO, Japan - Apprentices of the Ikenobo-style ikebana flower arrangement art take part in a New Year's ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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New Year Japanese flower arrangement

A woman wearing kimono arranges flowers during a New Year "ikebana" event at Japanese floral art school Ikenobo in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2021.

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New Year Japanese flower arrangement

Women wearing kimono arrange flowers in a New Year "ikebana" event at Japanese floral art school Ikenobo in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2021.

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New Year Japanese flower arrangement

Women wearing kimono arrange flowers during a New Year "ikebana" event at Japanese floral art school Ikenobo in Kyoto on Jan. 5, 2021.

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Ikebana performance at U.N. headquarters

Noritaka Noda (R), New York bureau chief of the Ikenobo Society of Floral Art, gives a demonstration at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Aug. 25, 2017, together with ambassadors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to hail their friendly ties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo