Flower offering at U.N. by Japanese master

Flower offering at U.N. by Japanese master

NEW YORK, United States - Yuki Ikenobo, a master from Japan's Ikenobo school of floral art, creates an arrangement during a ceremony at the United Nations in New York on March 15, 2013.

New Year's ikebana flower arrangement

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.

Ikenobo school holds year's 1st flower arrangement practice

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.

New Year's ikebana flower arrangement

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)

Ikenobo school holds year's 1st flower arrangement practice

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)