🌸 Dear friends, 🌸

We are honored to invite you to the first edition of the Bucharest Ikebana Festival, between October 17-20, 2024, at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Bucharest (Bd. Mărăști 59).

Ikebana, also known as Kadō 華道 - The Way of Flowers, is a traditional Japanese art with deep roots in the 6th century, inspired by Zen and Shintoism, expressing the love for nature and beauty of Japanese culture.www.ikebanaromania.org, or contact us at ikebanaintlbucharest@yahoo.com.

Thank you for sharing and we can't wait to enjoy this celebration of flowers together! 🌸

🎋 What awaits you at the festival?

* Live Ikebana demonstrations

* Exhibitions of floral arrangements

* Workshops held by renowned masters from Japan and Europe

* Special guests include Rumiko Matsumura Sensei (Riji degree, highest degree of Sogetsu school - Japan) and Ekaterina Seehaus Sensei (Somu degree, founder of Ikebana Club - Belgium)

* Traditional Japanese Arts - Yukiko Tanaka Sensei from Kyoto will delight us with a presentation on Japanese aesthetics and culture, including the Tea Ceremony and the art of the Kimono. Itsuko Kasahara Sensei from Tokyo will reveal to us the secrets of Yūzen art 友禅 - painting on silk, through an interactive workshop.

📅 Workshop places are limited, so please book early! For further details and registration, visit our website

My personal Ikebana history

Rumiko Matsumura

Flower name: UOEI 魚瑛

7-28-2 Okusawa, Setagayaku, Tokyo

·         1972 - Took Teaching Certificate 4th grade through the late Mrs. Setsuri Akagi, continuing taking  advanced Teaching Certificates year by year.

·         1986 - Opened an Ikebana Class “Kabo UOE” for Japanese people and foreigners: they were American, Australian, Austrian, Belgian, Canadian, Chinese, English, German, Indian, Korean, Madagascan, Malaysian and New Zealander.

·         1998-'99 - Had an Ikebana Class in Oxford, U.K.

·         2003 - Joined Ikebana International.  Worked for Hqs and for Tokyo Founding Chapter as one of Directors for 12 years. Worked for I.I. World Convention as Board member every five year. Attended at I.I. Asian and European Regional Conferences.

·         2003-'04 - Did Ikebana demonstrations at the Women's Club in Cambridge Univ. U.K.

·         2010 - Took “Riji”, the highest degree of Teaching Certificate.

·         2012-'13 - Stayed in Leipzig, Germany. Had an Ikebana class for florists in Leipzig, Germany.

·         2012 - Held an Ikebana exhibition with two Polish friends in Warsaw, Poland.

·         2013 – Was dispatched to Orenburg, Russia to have Ikebana demonstrations at Orenburg University and at the Tourist Center sponsored by Japan-Russia Society of Tokyo.

·         2015-'18 - Taught Ikebana to students at Oyamadai State Junior High School in Tokyo.    

・What`s Yuzen?

It is painting on kimono.

300 years ago, Miyazaki Yuzensai, a Kyoto fan painter, came up with the idea.

The method is to put glue on the outline and then add color to it, called Itome Yuzen.

・My Yuzen

I mainly do wireless Yuzen, which is a type of Yuzen where I paint directly onto the fabric.

I come up with the pattern, create the design, paint it, and do the finishing touches. I do it all.

Once I paint something, it doesn't disappear, so I can't make mistakes.

E katerina Seehaus

Ikebana artist and teacher

Owner and artist at ikebanaPRO Floral Art Studio, Grimbergen, Belgium

Member of: Sogetsu Teachers Association, Ikebana International, “Azalea” group

Ikebana Gallery Board member

Boom TV expert

Thursd. Floral industry platform contributor

Yukiko Tanaka Sensei is from Kyoto, Japan.

Education:

• Kyoto College of Foreign Studies

• YWCA Osaka Japanese Language Teacher Course

She is a Japanese language teacher and has been working as a teacher for many years, in Japan and abroad, in Hungary and Poland.

She is Japanese traditional Tea Ceremony teacher and also Saga Goryu Ikebana teacher.

She is a member of Ikebana International Bucharest Chapter and she will be in Romania from September till December 2024, with the objective to teach Japanese language for people in Bucharest, Romania, within the University of Agronomic Science and Veterinary Medicine, USAMVB, and have cultural exchange also through Ikebana.