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Sōfū Teshigahara ( 勅 使 河 原 蒼 風 Teshigahara Sōfū, 1900–1979) was the founder of the Sōgetsu-ryū school of ikebana flower arranging . Biography. He was born in Tokyo. He learned flower arranging from his father, who had studied many styles of different schools. In 1927 he started the Sōgetsu School. [1] .
Teshigahara Sōfū 勅使河原蒼風 Japanese. 1960s–1970s. Not on view. This small but powerfully brushed calligraphic composition appears ready to burst out of the constraints of its square poetry card, or shikishi.
Apr 16, 2021 · Growing up in the formalistic traditions of Ikebana with his father being an important artist, Teshigahara eventually broke away from the classical way of doing things and led an avant-garde Ikebana movement together with artists Houn Ohara (1908–1995) and Yukio Nakagawa (1918–2012).
Founded by Teshigahara Sōfū in 1927, the school rose to prominence after World War II. It appeals to contemporary tastes by largely disregarding the classic formal rules; containers of any shape and material are used, and man-made materials are incorporated into the arrangements together with the flowers…
Sofu Teshigahara was born in 1900 as the eldest son of Ikebana artist Wafu Teshigahara. Starting to take lessons in Ikebana from childhood, he gradually began to attract attention for his outstanding talent however; in questioning the formalistic traditions of Ikebana he broke away from his father to establish the Sogetsu School of Ikebana in 1927.
Sōfū Teshigahara (勅使河原 蒼風 Teshigahara Sōfū, 1900–1979) was the founder of the Sōgetsu-ryū school of ikebana flower arranging.
Jan 15, 2024 · The late Sōfū Teshigahara (1900–1979) was a central figure in Japan’s Postwar art world, and his work encapsulates much of the energy and tension between traditional and contemporary Japanese art forms.
