• The first arrangement will be an Isshuike using Fuji Mums
• The 2nd arrangement will be a Nishuike shoka using aspidistra leaves for shin and soe and flowers for the neijime. This 2nd lesson will focus on the neijime.
• The 3rd arrangement will be a Sanshuike Shoka of roses, mini sunflower and ruskus or huckleberry or myrtle (assuming these materials are available).

Isshuike and Sanshuike arrangements above by Sensei Stephanie,
Nishuike by Ikenobo HQ.

Please bring:

• Type A container with an opening large enough for a 3″ or larger diameter kenzan.
• We are creating three designs. Consider bringing 2-3 different containers plus additional kenzans and pebbles for your 2nd and 3rd designs.
• Pebbles to raise your kenzan to within 1/2 inch of the top edge of your container. Pebbles must be no larger than your little finger nail. 
• Some flowers and line material will be provided.  See BYOM below!
• Check the Resources page of this website for a list of what to bring to class.
• Your lunch or a snack.
• Bonus if time allows – make a free style or shoka shimputai with extra materials
• BYOM – 3-5 stems of any small flower with small leaves for the neijime of the Nishuike – must be small flower!!!

Please read:

• All pages covering Isshuike, Nishuike and Sanshuike in the following books (if you have them)
• Invitation to Ikenobo Shoka Shofutai I
• More to Learn Shoka I
• Joy of Ikebana Ikenobo Shoka pages

We arrive at 9:15 AM, set up for class and make any necessary ginza purchases. The lesson begins at 9: 30 AM and you are generally on your way home by about 3PM. Bring a lunch or snack to enjoy.

There will be a definitive break between the arrangements at about noon to allow everyone the opportunity to watch the critiques of all the arrangements and the chance to have a lunch break.

Please do not take your arrangement apart until all arrangements have been critiqued. If you need to leave before all arrangements have been critiqued, you will not get credit for the lesson. Plan your time accordingly.