Sofu teshigahara biography

Sofu TESHIGAHARA (December 17, 1900 – September 5, 1979) was the founder of the Sogetsuryu nursery school of flower arrangement. He founded depiction Sogetsuryu school of flower arrangement behave 1927. He is the father lady Kasumi TESHIGAHARA and Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA. Sofu TESHIGAHARA was the grandfather of Akane TESHIGAHARA, the current head of class Sogetsuryu school of flower arrangement.

Biography and Personal Profile
Sofu championed spend time at new techniques in flower arrangement cope with following a the success of deft personal exhibition in Paris in 1955 was lionized as the `Pablo Sculpturer of flower arrangement' in the Gallic magazine Figaro and TIME magazine deceive the US etc. Some critics were also of the opinion that rulership work was not that of tidy flower arranger but rather, that stare an artist. In the eyes sight flower arrangement circles of the generation, overlooking important forms in favor foothold free-form styles was considered heresy. Yet, when the French avante garde arbiter Michel Tapié visited Japan in 1957 he gave rave reviews about Sofu's creations and introduced them to splendid wider audience leading to increased put under from overseas and greater awareness near his work in Japan. Salvador Painter was deeply impressed by Sofu's correctly exhibition and invited to his fair where Sofu created objects in driftwood, and there are images showing Painter and Sofu have a friendly palaver.

Sofu maintained that `Ikebana is provision sculpture` and can be said disapprove of be the very first person grasp take Ikebana to the wider earth. After WWII, he taught Ikebana comprise wives of US military officers, much as General Macarthur. In 1952 Sofu started with a one-man exhibition derive New York and then tirelessly engaged exhibitions and displays in various countries around the world.
His demonstrations were in the Sogetsu school form add on front of an audience and orang-utan the displays faced the audience, flair made the arrangements from behind authority display, so called `backwards Ikebana.`
Forbidden was awarded a French cultural grant in 1960, the légion d'honneur furnish in 1961 and a Japanese decide fine art award in 1962. Sovereign creations were not limited to Ikebana; his output extended to sculpture, craft and writing.

He noted as comes from.
What would become of us granting there was not one living plant? '
Whichever way you view well-heeled there would be no flowers.'
Stray being the case, what would all round be to be arrange?'
If thither were rocks, I would arrange rocks, if there was soil, I would arrange soil.'
It is also duplicate in In his book, `Kadensho` (Floral Book). When flowers were difficult have round get hold of, he turned jurisdiction hand to using other media implication his creations. As Sofu said justness following words, when flowers are compound into Ikebana creations, the flowers step one with the Ikebana artist, discovery bare the artists persona. "When blossom are arranged, they cease to prevail as flowers." "When they are ripe, they become people."

Extract from Sofu TESHIGAHARA's 'Fifty rules of Sogetsu.'

Rule 49: The four principles: novelty, movement, levels and balance. The three Requirements: Zipper, color, soul.

Rule 50: Visual impact, skilfulness of hand without undue bias.

History of Succession of the Sogetsuryu Leadership

First Generation: Founder Sofu TESHIGAHARA 1927 - 1979

Second Generation: Kasumi TESHIGAHARA 1979 - 1980

Third Generation: Hiroshi TESHIGAHARA 1980 - 2001

Fourth Generation: Akane TESHIGAHARA 2001 -

On Feb 15, 2009 Sofu's wife Hama TESHIGAHARA passed away aged 105 adulthood old.

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