Past Conferences

42nd Regular Conference 13/04/2024 01:00 PM

Online Event

How and Why Global Business Leaders Appreciate the Wisdom of Ikebana
Mayuka Yamazaki. Ikebana artist, and Founder of IKERU. Contributing editor of DIAMOND Harvard Business Review and external directors of the three public companies including Ryohin Keikaku (MUJI).

For a long time, ikebana, which I had practised as something deeply personal and private, and business, where I had built my career, were two completely separate worlds. However, while I was working at
Harvard Business School (called "the capitol of Capitalism"), I started to see some changes in management studies and leadership education and increasingly more overlaps between these two worlds, which led me to found IKERU to bring the wisdom of ikebana to business and leadership development in 2017.

41st Regular Conference 2/09/2023 01:00 PM

Online Event

"Procedures for Enjoying Ikebana Therapy"

Dr Eiko Hamasaki Ph.D. Social Innovation Doshisha University, Ikebana Artist, Psychologist (Japanese national certification), President of the Institute of Flower Psychology Japanese, & Vice President of the Japanese Society of Ikebana Therapy.

Ikebana has spread throughout the world in the style of belonging to a certain school and learning in a classroom. In many classrooms, students learn in a style that imitates a model.

In this study, we will examine the process of ikebana creation with the aim of following a model, as well as the process of creating ikebana without using a model.

This experiment was conducted with 20 university students who had no experience with ikebana.

Through questionnaires and observations, we investigated the differences in feelings and ideas among university students. Based on the results, we have developed an ikebana therapy procedure that elicits enjoyment and the desire to do more.

いけばな実践者であると同時に心理カウンセラーでもあり、いけばなと心理学を組み合わせた様々なプログラムを開発してきました。これまでに、いけばな療法の研究成果を国際アルツハイマー病協会国際会議、日本認知症ケア学会、日本ウエルネス学会、日本ソーシャル·イノベーション学会など、数多くの学会で発表しています。
また、その有効性に関する学際的研究を行い、同志社大学で博士号を取得し、研究成果を日本のみならず、海外でも活かしていきたいと考えています。
多様な人々のQOLの向上とより良い社会づくりを目指して、医療·福祉·教育の分野で、いけばなの新たな役割を推進し、研究と実践を通して、多様な社会的疎外を受けた人々へのケアを提供しています。その実績により、2017年には、読売新聞社から読売福祉文化賞を受賞しました。一輪の花が人々の豊かな暮らしにつながることを、多くの方に知っていただきたいと思います。


40th Regular Conference 25/03/2023 03:00 PM


Online Event

The origins of the new concept given to the traditional Ikebana styles: Focusing on the birth of Shoka " Shimputai" and Rikka " Shimputai" which do not have set styles. 

Takako Shiono (Katoku - one of Ikenobo's highest teaching positions), Master's student at Kyoto University of the Arts, Lecturer at Doshisha University / Kyoto University of Foreign Studies) 

伝統的花型に新しい概念が与えられる成り立ちについて-型を持たない生花「新風体」・立花「新風体」誕生を中心に- 塩野敬子 (華道家元池坊華督、京都芸術大学修士課程、同志社大学嘱託講師/京都外国語大学非常勤講師)

39th Regular Conference 11/09/2022 03:00 PM

Online Event

What is ikebana performance? Dr Margaret Meran Trail (Former Lecturer, Victoria University, Performance artist) & Hiroki Ohara (Ohara School Headmaster) will talk about performance art and will answer to the questions from ikebana practitioners around the world. 
いけ花パフォーマンスとは何か?小原流家元小原宏貴氏、パフォーマンス・アーティスト、マーガレット・ミラン・トレイル氏をお迎えし、一緒に考えていきましょう。いけ花パフォーマンスを巡る議論の重要な基点となるコンフェレンスを目指します。

38th Regular Conference 14/05/2022 02:00 PM

Online Event

Eiko Hamasaki (Institute for the Psychological Study of Human Flower Relations) will talk about her research on ikebana therapy. 
「いけ花療法の現状」浜崎英子(フラワーサイコロジー研究所所長、華道本能寺家元華務職)


37th Regular Conference 15/01/2022 02:00 PM

Online Event

いけ花と日本画の花鳥画表現 "Ikebana and the Expression of Flowers and Birds in Japanese Painting."  発表者:楊喩淇(ようゆき)(京都芸術大学博士課程) You Yuki, PhD candidate, Kyoto University of Arts.

36th Regular Conference 12/9/2021 04:00 PM

Online Event

Performing Japaneseness: Cultural Nationalism in Ikebana
Marlies Holvoet – PhD Candidate, Department of Language and Culture, Ghent University, Belgium

What is Freestyle Ikebana? - Freestyle Ikebana Movement & Contemporary Ikebana
Shoso Shimbo, PhD - Vice President of International Society of Ikebana Research, Director of Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival


35th Regular Conference 17/04/2021 02:00 PM

Online Event

日向雄一郎氏をお迎えし、「花いけバトル」の展望と課題についてお話しいただきます。 Mr Yuichiro Hinata will talk about Hanaike Battle.


35th Regular Conference 17/01/2021 02:00 PM

Online Event

Nishimura Ryoko (Flower Artist and Florist) 西村良子(西村花店主宰、嵯峨御流正教授)