Sogetsu Magazine 2025 Spring

• Price：1,980 Yen
• Softcover：88 pages
• Language：Japanese and English
• Dimensions：(W/H)210㎜/297㎜
• Date of Issue：Mar/3/2025
• Item No.：A5153

The latest Sogetsu Annual Exhibition was titled “Play More!”, and last December’s Teachers’ Workshop focused on the theme “Thrillingly Playing with Flowers.” The word “play” is now ubiquitous at Sogetsu.　In this issue we focus on this theme of ‘Playing’. Iemoto visit-ed Mr. Tosa Nobumichi, a producer of ‘Maywa Denki’, an art group which invented entertaining electric products and instruments. What kind of ‘play’ do Mr. Tosa and Iemoto produce in his atelier full of ‘nonsensensical musical instruments’ invented by him?

Let’s play with ikebana. Sogetsu ikebana can be created with any kind of material. This time 6 ikebanists have selected bright red high-heeled pumps, lovely fallen leaves, candy boxes, broken branches, beautifully colored water and shadows of ikebana as material and created works with playfulness.

‘Teachers’ Workshop’ is the highest class for Sogetsu Teacher’s Association members, where Iemoto instructs directly. In the workshop when the theme was ‘Exciting Play with flowers’ was held in December in 2024, a total of 233 members did their best under Iemoto’s suggestion, ‘Let’s play with flowers and arrange them with our sense of play.’ What did they create? You can enjoy the detailed report of the 2.5- hour workshop, the photos of 28 works selected by Iemoto and her comments on them.

• Iemoto’s seasonal message ‘A Playful Person’
• Meticulously Arranging Springtime

• ［feature］How shall we play with Ikebana?

・Letʼs visit Maywa Denki and have some fun!
・Let’s take a look at a massive ikebana arrangement.
The 105th Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition “Play More!” Ikebana work by Akane Teshigahara
・The 105th Sogetsu Annual Exhibition Freshmen Award
・Let’s play with ikebana!
If you had bright red high heels, how would you arrange ikebana with them?／ If you discovered some lovely fallen leaves, how would you incorporate them into your work?／Can you create an ikebana arrangement using candy boxes?／Can we use broken branches for ikebana?／Are you interested in creating an ikebana piece using beautifully colored water?／Shadows hold an air of mystery. Can we view this shadow as an element of ikebana?
・Let’s journey back in time!
・“Rhinoceros horn” Teshigahara Sofu
・Let’s play with LEGO® bricks!
・Let’s play an online game!
・Let’s play in the Teachers’ Workshop!
The detailed report of the Teachers’ Workshop, ‘Exciting Play with flowers’／2 selected works demonstrated by Iemoto／Iemoto’s choice
・What shall we play next?

• Flowers in profusion ［Spring］
  Sasaki Koyo, Okamoto Seishu, Nakajima Kyosui, Sumide Bisen, Taniguchi Chieko, Enomoto Koshu, Takagi Suisen, Katayama Ken

• Artist Interview with Teshigahara Kiri : Nanzuka Shinji
• Ikka-Sanbo(One kind of material in three distinctive variations)22 Azalea Tan-no Kaen
• To the Cities of the World 42 : Soho Study Group Sakai Soho
• A complete explanation of ‘Kadensho’, which is the quintessence of Sogetsu, Part 3
• Life with Flowers (Artist Profile)：Nakata Reiko