Empress Michiko visits flower arrangement exhibition

Empress Michiko visits flower arrangement exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (R), led by Akane Teshigawara, head of the Sogetsu school of flower arrangement, views flower arrangements on exhibit at a Tokyo department store on March 8, her first official duty outside the Imperial Palace since the Imperial Household Agency said on March 6 that the empress has shown symptoms of bleeding from the walls of the intestines several times. The exhibition was held in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the school. (Pool photo)

Film director Teshigahara dies at 74

Film director Teshigahara dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroshi Teshigahara, a film director and head of Sogetsu school of flower arrangement, who died of acute lymphocytic leukemia at a hospital in Tokyo on April 14. He was 74.

Empress Michiko visits flower arrangement exhibition

Empress Michiko visits flower arrangement exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (R), led by Akane Teshigawara, head of the Sogetsu school of flower arrangement, views flower arrangements on exhibit at a Tokyo department store on March 8, her first official duty outside the Imperial Palace since the Imperial Household Agency said on March 6 that the empress has shown symptoms of bleeding from the walls of the intestines several times. The exhibition was held in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the school. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

Film director Teshigahara dies at 74

Film director Teshigahara dies at 74

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Hiroshi Teshigahara, a film director and head of Sogetsu school of flower arrangement, who died of acute lymphocytic leukemia at a hospital in Tokyo on April 14. He was 74.